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Alternatives to chemically amplified (CA) resists have generally suffered in the past from lower sensitivity to the light used in lithography. The sulfonium group-containing polymer reported here is shown to exhibit high sensitivity to both deep ultraviolet and electron beam radiation. The Figure shows a negative tone pattern with feature dimensions of ca. 250 nm.
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