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Effect of Copolymer Composition on Acid Catalyzed Deprotection Reaction Kinetics in Model Photoresists

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Shuhui Kang, Vivek M. Prabhu, B D. Vogt, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, Karen Turnquest

Abstract

The kinetics of an acid-catalyzed deprotection reaction in model photoresist materials was studied as a function of copolymer composition with Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy. A mathematical model was developed to analyze the acid catalyzed deprotection kinetics with respect to coupled reaction rate and acid-diffusion processes. The first order reaction rate constant decreases as a non-reactive comonomer content is increased. Additionally, the extent of reaction appears self-limiting as verified by a slowing down necessitating an acid-trapping chemical equation to model the data. This composition-dependent reaction constant indicates a strong interaction of the acid with the increasing polar resist matrix that drastically reduces the acid transport rate. The severely reduced acid transport is consistent with hydrogen bonding between photoacid and methacrylic acid product. These results demonstrate a correlation between polymer microstructure and acid catalyzed kinetics.
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Polymer
Volume
47
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

copolymer, diffusion, FTIR, outgassing, photoacid, photolithography, photoresists, reaction rate constant
Polymers

Citation

Kang, S. , Prabhu, V. , Vogt, B. , Lin, E. , Wu, W. and Turnquest, K. (2006), Effect of Copolymer Composition on Acid Catalyzed Deprotection Reaction Kinetics in Model Photoresists, Polymer, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852623 (Accessed October 20, 2025)

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Created June 25, 2006, Updated June 2, 2021
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