Resolution limits of electron-beam lithography toward the atomic scale

Nano Lett. 2013 Apr 10;13(4):1555-8. doi: 10.1021/nl304715p. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

Abstract

We investigated electron-beam lithography with an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. We achieved 2 nm isolated feature size and 5 nm half-pitch in hydrogen silsesquioxane resist. We also analyzed the resolution limits of this technique by measuring the point-spread function at 200 keV. Furthermore, we measured the energy loss in the resist using electron-energy-loss spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Electronics
  • Electrons*
  • Hydrogen / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission*
  • Organosilicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Electron Energy-Loss

Substances

  • 1,3-bis(1,1,3,3,5,5-hexaethoxy-1,3,5-trisilacyclohexyl)propane
  • Organosilicon Compounds
  • Hydrogen