Resist for photolithography having reactive groups for subsequent modification of the resist structures

Abstract

A photoresist contains a polymer that has no silicon-containing groups. Consequently, no expulsion of silicon-containing compounds in gaseous form occurs on exposure to short-wave radiation. The polymer is obtained by terpolymerization of a first comonomer having a group cleavable under acid catalysis, a second comonomer having an anchor group, and a monounsaturated hydrocarbon, in which individual carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton may also be replaced by oxygen, as a third comonomer. The polymer has a low glass transition temperature, and the photoresist therefore has a good layer quality on film formation and good structurability.

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