Patent ID: 8609323

Claim:
A method of forming a ceramic pattern, comprising the steps of: a) depositing an electron-beam resist or a photo-resist onto a substrate; b) selectively exposing the resist to an electron beam or radiation to thereby degrade, volatilize, polymerize, crosslink, or otherwise alter the solubility of a portion of the resist; c) removing only the exposed or only the unexposed portion of the resist from the substrate to form a resist pattern on the substrate; d) depositing a pre-ceramic polymer that includes a poly(silaethylene) onto the substrate and resist pattern; e) removing a portion of the pre-ceramic polymer previously deposited on the resist pattern, thereby forming a pre-ceramic polymer pattern on the substrate, wherein the pre-ceramic polymer pattern has an average thickness in a range of between about 1 nanometer and 5 micrometers; and f) converting the pre-ceramic polymer pattern to a ceramic pattern.