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ArticleSmart molecules : open access2026

Molecular nonchemically amplified resists based on spirobixanthene backbone: Sulfoxime oxime esters versus sulfonium salts.

Yu Yan, Chenfei Zhao, Jingwen Hui, Xinfu Zhang, Xue Zhang, Pengzhong Chen, Xiaojun Peng, Yi Xiao

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Yu YanState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7155-2614
Chenfei ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.
Jingwen HuiState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.
Xinfu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3469-6205
Xue ZhangState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.
Pengzhong ChenState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.
Xiaojun PengState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8806-322X
Yi XiaoState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology Dalian China.

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Abstract

The nonchemically amplified (nonCA) polymer resists, including ionic and non-ionic types, have achieved higher resolution and smaller line edge roughness (LER) than traditional chemically amplified ones. However, for polymer resists, chain entanglement is an inevitable limitation for the further reduction of LER. To overcome this problem, it is logical to apply the nonCA concept to molecule-based resists due to their advantages of monodispersity and small size. To date, only a few examples of ionic sulfonium salts-based nonCA molecular glass resists (nonCAMGRs) have been reported. They demonstrated high resolution and small LER well, but their electron beam sensitivity seemed less than ideal. To our knowledge, non-ionic sulfoxime oxime esters-based molecular resists were not reported yet, which leaves room for new round of more in-depth reserch on nonCAMGRs. Here, employing the excellent spirobixanthene backbone, we have first designed non-ionic sulfoxime oxime esters-based nonCAMGRs X4-NI-tf and X4-NI-tfb, for comparison, sulfonium salts-based nonCAMGRs X4-I-otfdm was designed. All exhibit favorable thermal properties (T

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e‐beam lithographymolecular glass resistnonchemically amplified resistphotoresistspirobixanthene

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PMID42038436
PMCPMC13104132

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