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photoresist

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[foh-toh-ri-zist] / ˌfoʊ toʊ rɪˈzɪst /

noun

  1. Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.


Etymology

Origin of photoresist

First recorded in 1950–55; photo- + resist

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On the wafer’s surface, a chemical substrate called a photoresist reacts to the light, and etches the stencil pattern into the silicon.

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The light carves the pattern into material on the wafer called photoresist.

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The light carves the pattern into material on the wafer called photoresist.

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These properties make metal-organic frameworks an ideal photoresist—that chemical layer on a silicon wafer that absorbs light to create the etched pattern of transistors and connections.

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The key to designing a photoresist?

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