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23 March 2016 Interactions between plasma and block copolymers used in directed self-assembly patterning
Stephen Sirard, Laurent Azarnouche, Emir Gurer, William Durand, Michael Maher, Kazunori Mori, Gregory Blachut, Dustin Janes, Yusuke Asano, Yasunobu Someya, Diane Hymes, David Graves, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson
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Proceedings Volume 9782, Advanced Etch Technology for Nanopatterning V; 97820K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220305
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2016, San Jose, California, United States
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The directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers offers a promising route for scaling feature sizes below 20 nm. At these small dimensions, plasmas are often used to define the initial patterns. It is imperative to understand how plasmas interact with each block in order to design processes with sufficient etch contrast and pattern fidelity. Symmetric lamella forming block copolymers including, polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) and several high-χ silicon-containing and tin-containing block copolymers were synthesized, along with homopolymers of each block, and exposed to various oxidizing, reducing, and fluorine-based plasma processes. Etch rate kinetics were measured, and plasma modifications of the materials were characterized using XPS, AES, and FTIR. Mechanisms for achieving etch contrast were elucidated and were highly dependent on the block copolymer architecture. For several of the polymers, plasma photoemissions were observed to play an important role in modifying the materials and forming etch-resistant protective layers. Furthermore, it was observed for the silicon- and tin-containing polymers that an initial transient state exists, where the polymers exhibit an enhanced etch rate, prior to the formation of the etch-resistant protective layer. Plasma developed patterns were demonstrated for the differing block copolymer materials with feature sizes ranging from 20 nm down to approximately 5 nm.
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Stephen Sirard, Stephen Sirard, Laurent Azarnouche, Laurent Azarnouche, Emir Gurer, Emir Gurer, William Durand, William Durand, Michael Maher, Michael Maher, Kazunori Mori, Kazunori Mori, Gregory Blachut, Gregory Blachut, Dustin Janes, Dustin Janes, Yusuke Asano, Yusuke Asano, Yasunobu Someya, Yasunobu Someya, Diane Hymes, Diane Hymes, David Graves, David Graves, Christopher J. Ellison, Christopher J. Ellison, C. Grant Willson, C. Grant Willson, } "Interactions between plasma and block copolymers used in directed self-assembly patterning", Proc. SPIE 9782, Advanced Etch Technology for Nanopatterning V, 97820K (23 March 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2220305; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220305
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