Chemical Origins of Lithography

doi:10.1117/3.2551242.ch4

Book: Chemistry and Lithography, Second Edition, Vol. 1: The Chemical History of Lithography

Author(s): Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu

Published: 2020

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2551242.ch4

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Abstract

In order to arrive at a fuller understanding of lithography, it is necessary to examine the work of a large number of scientists whose contributions to chemistry, spanning a period of over 3000 years, were instrumental in shaping the invention of lithography in 1798 by Senefelder and its subsequent development, evolution, and progress. This story not only relates a triumph of advances in the understanding of materials science, but is also a product of the knowledge gained in the convergence of major areas of chemistry and physics (particularly those related to optical, atomic, and molecular physics, which are covered in Chapter 3). Our object here thus is to consider how key theoretical and technological developments in chemistry have influenced the development of lithography.