How to Use photoresist in a Sentence
photoresist
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During this process, lithography devices spread a photoresist (a light-sensitive liquid) over the silicon wafer.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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After this, lithography machines chemically develop the photoresist so that some areas dissolve and others stay.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Improving lithography using new tools For example, during the development stage, the photoresist doesn’t always behave nicely.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Using ultra-fine glass needles, the researchers injected tiny droplets of a commercial photoresist, known as IP-S, into HeLa cells, a common human cell line.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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Taiwan and South Korea sit at the heart of a manufacturing ecosystem reliant on specialized chemicals, light-sensitive films known as photoresists and gases that could be affected during geopolitical tensions or disruptions to global shipping routes.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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