US 7,579,226 B2
Thin layer element and associated fabrication process
Jean-Charles Barbe, Grenoble (France); Maud Vinet, Grenoble (France); and Olivier Faynot, Seyssinet-Pariset (France)
Assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris (France)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/211,255.
Claims priority of application No. 04 08989 (FR), filed on Aug. 19, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0060846 A1, Mar. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. H01L 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 438—157  [438/217; 438/514] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fabricating a thin layer element comprising:
forming an assembly comprising a first material layer and a pattern of a second material, the pattern having a thickness of less than 15 nm, and wherein the pattern is supported by the first material layer; and
implanting a chemical species into at least a portion of the assembly to reduce the contact angle between the first material layer and the pattern to stabilize the pattern on the first material layer.