“…Without stabilization, the first resist pattern will swell or dissolve on application of the second resist film, or undergo additional exposure and development during the patterning of the second resist. Numerous chemical, 3,6,[9][10][11][12][13] photochemical, [1][2][3][4]14 thermal, 8 and ion-beam 5,7,15 stabilization methods have recently been described.…”