TY - T1 - Self-Aligned Thin-Film Patterning by Area-Selective Etching of Polymers SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334604 T3 - A1 - Zhang, Chao; Leskelä, Markku; Ritala, Mikko A2 - PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Y1 - 2021 LA - AB - Patterning of thin films with lithography techniques for making semiconductor devices has been facing increasing difficulties with feature sizes shrinking to the sub-10 nm range, and alternatives have been actively sought from area-selective thin film deposition processes. Here, an entirely new method is introduced to self-aligned thin-film patterning: area-selective gas-phase etching of polymers. The etching reactions are selective to the materials underneath the polymers. Either O2 ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - N1 - PP - ER -