AZ® nLOF 2000 Serie

AZ® nLOF 2020, AZ® nLOF 2035 and AZ® nLOF 2070 - Thermally Stable Negative Resists

Resist-Types, Thickness Range and Exposure

Types:

AZ® nLOF 2020: for film thickness 2 µm @ 3000 rpm
AZ® nLOF 2035: for film thickness 3.5 µm @ 3000 rpm
AZ® nLOF 2070: for film thickness 7 µm @ 3000 rpm
UV-sensitivity: i-line (365 nm), NOT g- or h-line sensitive
Sales volumes: 100 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 1000 ml, 2,5 L and 3,78 L bottles

Beside the resist types above, MicroChemicals dilutes the AZ® nLOF to different thickness levels.

General Information

AZ® nLOF 2000 is a series of negative resists, whereby the exposed resist remainsafter development with an adjustable undercut. The negative profile in combinationwith its high softening point makes AZ® nLOF 2000 a well-suited resist for lift-off aswell as for any other processes requiring resist structures with high to very high thermal stability.

Outstanding Properties

  • Very high thermal stability: Almost no rounding of cross-linked resist patterns upto temperatures of 250°C and more.

  • High chemical stability: Dependant on process parameters, AZ® nLOF 2000 is stable against many organic solvents as well as strong alkaline media (however, not stable against KOH Si-etches!).

  • The e-beam sensitivity of the AZ® nLOF 2000 resists allows the combination of fastUV and high-resolution e-beam lithography. Please contact us for further information!

Development

The recommended developers are AZ® 326 MIF developers such as AZ® 726 MIF or AZ® 826 MIF. Using other developers may prevent development (start) due to an (accidentally) thermally or optically induced partially crosslinked resist surface.

Resist Removal

The recommended stripper for the AZ® nLOF 2000 resists is the NMP-free TechniStrip NI555, which is compatible with all common (even alkaline sensitive) substrate materials and can even dissolve (not only peel from the substrate) crosslinked AZ® nLOF 2070 resist films.

Solvents such as NMP or the untoxic substitute DMSO are suited removers, if the resist film thickness and degree of crosslinking are not too high.

Generally, heating these removers up to 60 - 80°C, or/and ultrasonic treatment, might be required to fasten theresist removal in the case of very thick or strongly crosslinked resist films.

Technical Data Sheet:

For further information please refer to the Technical Datasheet:
> AZ nLOF 20xx
Series (TDS)
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AZ nLOF 20xx series (Additional Information)
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AZ nLOF 2070 e-beam

700 nm resist lines attained with the 2.0 µm thick AZ® nLOF 2020. (Source: AZ® nLOF™ 2000 product Data Sheet by AZ-EM).
700 nm resist lines attained with the 3.5 µm thick AZ® nLOF 2035 (Source: AZ® nLOF™ 2000 product Data Sheet by AZ-EM).
A pronounced undercut attained with the AZ® nLOF 2070 in a thickness of 22 µm. (Source: AZ® nLOF™ 2000 product Data Sheet by AZ-EM).
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