Resist sensitivity, improvement

Pioglitazone hydrochloride, a thiazolidinedione, acts primarily by decreasing insulin resistance. It improves sensitivity to insulin in muscle and adipose tissue and inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis. It also improves glycemic control while reducing circulating insulin levels. 

Throughput of EL3 (see Table I) is limited almost equally by exposure time (current density/resist sensitivity), mechanical stepping and control system speed. Further improvement will require advances in all areas. 

X-ray lithography also takes advantage of the increased resist sensitivity due to the thinner imaging films of multilayer systems. Thinner imaging films further improve X-ray resolution by minimizing the penumbra effect, a problem associated with an uncollimated X-ray beam. Consequently, the oblique exposure of features near pattern edges are minimized by multilevel resist processes, thereby restoring the desired profile. 

Novel and simple methods for the immobilization of NPs need to be developed to further reduce the electron transfer resistance and improve the stability, sensitivity, selectivity, and life-span of the electrodes. 

Past efforts to improve the fabrication of microdevices have been closely connected with attempts to increase the resist sensitivity, S. In the case of the resists described in Section 9.1.3.1, S is limited by the quantum yields, which are much low-... 

The corrosion resistance is improved if compared with ferritic steels but the steels are sensitive to inter-crystalline corrosion as a result of chromium carbide precipitation at grain boundaries. Low carbon content or additional alloying metals like titanium, niobium, and tantalum, can suppress this sensitivity. 

SEM micrograph of 0.17 fxm line-space features obtained by exposure (40 mJ/cm ) of the polymer 2b and subsequent CVD treatment with MTEOS vapor for 40 min is shown in Figure 10(b). Figure 10(c) shows a SEM micrograph of 0.16 [im line-space images obtained using polymer 4. Exposure dose was 65 mJ/cm2 and CVD treatment was carried out with MTMOS for 4 min. The resist sensitivity of the polymers 2 b and 4 was much improved compared to the polymer 1. 

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