Patent ID: 7449230

Claim:
A precursor structure comprising: a substrate having a surface which includes topography formed therein, said topography comprising holes, trenches, or a combination of holes and trenches, said holes and trenches having respective sidewalls and bottomwalls and having respective initial, uncoated widths, said sidewalls having respective uppermost and lowermost points; and a thin, uniform coating of organic material on said sidewalls and extending from said respective uppermost points to said respective lowermost points, said organic material comprising a quantity of monomers, said bottomwalls being substantially free of said coating, said holes, trenches, or combination of holes and trenches having coated sidewalls which have a second width, said width being smaller than said initial width, wherein said monomers comprise a light attenuating compound selected from the group consisting of fluorotoluene, naphthalene, anthracene, furan, thiophene, pyrrole, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, thiazine, oxazine, acridine, thiazole, pyrazole, oxazole, quinazoline, and quinoxaline.