O. Salminen et V. Ahonen, THE DISSOLUTION RATE OF PHOTORESIST WITH REPEATED DEVELOPER USE, Journal of imaging science and technology, 37(2), 1993, pp. 211-212
The dissolution rate of a novolak-type photoresist, Hoechst AZ 1450J,
was studied. Photoresist plates were soaked one after the other in the
same solution of developer. The time needed to remove a layer of a ce
rtain thickness was measured. Measurements showed that the time requir
ed was strongly dependent on both the exposure and the number of plate
s already developed.