Studies into sub 100 nm Resists for Proton Beam Writing

Abstract

Project AOARD 06-4004 has resulted in 5 scientific publications in the areas of resist investigation for proton beam writing, optimized proton beam focusing through new methods of detecting secondary electrons, and theoretical calculations that show the absence of proximity effects in proton beam writing. The project's Main achievement is a paper in "Nano Letters" in which HSQ is introduced as a superior resist for proton beam writing down to the 20 nm level. In 2006-2007, the authors also have published three papers related to their AOARD 05-4037 project: one focused on the fabrication of microlenses, a second one on the optimized fabrication of resolution standards for proton beam writing, and a third paper that discusses the use of proton beam writing for the fabrication of metal stencil masks for LIGA X-ray fabrication.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473114

Entities

People

  • Andrew A. Bettiol
  • Frank Watt
  • Jeroen A. Van Kan
  • Thomas Osipowicz

Organizations

  • National University of Singapore

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Charged Particles
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Ion Beams
  • Ions
  • Physics
  • Proton Beams
  • Protons
  • Soft Lithography
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene