Abstract: A method of forming a stacked structure in an electronic device, where a photoresist for performing multi-patterning processes is used. Also, a method of manufacturing a FED in which different structures can be multi-patterned by using a single photoresist mask. The photoresist has a solubility to a solvent by heat-treatment after exposure, and a complicated structure can be formed using the photoresist.

Abstract: Compositions, methods of use thereof, and methods of decomposition thereof, are provided. One exemplary composition, among others, includes a polymer and a catalytic amount of a negative tone photoinitiator.

Abstract: Disclosed are a photo-sensitive compound and a photoresist composition containing the same, for forming ultra-fine photoresist patterns. The photo-sensitive compound is resented by following Formula 1, wherein x is an integer of 1 to 5, y is an integer of 2 to 6, R is a C2˜C20 hydrocarbon group. The photoresist composition comprises 1˜85 weight % of a photo-sensitive compound represented by following Formula 1, 1˜55 weight % of a compound which reacts with a hydroxyl group (—OH) of the compound represented by Formula 1 to combine with the photo-sensitive compound represented by Formula 1; 1˜15 weight % of a photo-acid generator; and 12˜97 weight % of an organic solvent.

Abstract: A method of forming a photoresist pattern, capable of improving an adhesion property of the photoresist pattern formed on a substrate, includes forming a photocatalytic layer on a substrate, forming a negative-type photoresist layer on the photocatalytic layer, exposing the photoresist layer to ultraviolet rays, heat-treating the photoresist layer, and developing the photoresist layer to form the photoresist pattern. Thereby, applying the photocatalytic layer formed on various substrates, the photoresist pattern has excellent adhesion property and is capable of ensuring a high aspect ratio.

Abstract: A method of performing immersion lithography on a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method includes providing a layer of resist onto a surface of the semiconductor wafer. Next, an edge-bead removal process spins the wafer at a speed greater than 1000 revolutions per minute and dispenses solvent through a nozzle while the wafer is spinning. Then, the resist layer is exposed using an immersion lithography exposure system.

Abstract: In a positive resist composition comprising (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) a photoacid generator, component (A) is a polymer of formula (1) wherein R1 is H, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R2 and R3 are alkyl, R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, X1 is O, S or CH2CH2, X2 is O, S, CH2 or CH2CH2, n is 1 or 2, a and b each are from 0.01 to less than 1, c, d1 and d2 each are from 0 to less than 1, and a+b+c+d1+d2=1. The resist composition forms a pattern with high rectangularity at an enhanced resolution when processed by ArF lithography.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating solution comprising a polymer obtained by reacting a glycoluril compound with at least one reactive compound containing at least one hydroxy group and/or at least one acid group, and further where the polymer is soluble in an organic solvent. The invention also relates to a process for imaging a photoresist coated over such a coating composition and to a polymer for the coating composition.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for making a printing form having a relief surface on a floor from a photosensitive element. The method involves generating a polymerization rate curve for the photosensitive element from a step exposure test by measuring a cure response, such as floor thickness or one or more relief image characteristic/s, of the element relative to an energy density of a source of actinic radiation. The method exposes a photosensitive element to the source of actinic radiation based on energy density that accounts for changes in intensity of lamps used for the source of actinic radiation.

Abstract: Novel polymerizable ester compounds having formulae (1) to (4) undergo no acid-induced decomposition by ?-elimination wherein A1 is a polymerizable functional group having a carbon-carbon double bond, R1 is H or —C—(R5)3, R2 and R3 are alkyl, R4 is H or alkyl, R5 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, X is alkylene, Y is methylene, ethylene or isopropylidene, Z is alkylene, and n=1 or 2. Resist compositions comprising polymers derived from the ester compounds have excellent sensitivity and resolution and lend themselves to micropatterning lithography.

Abstract: There is provided an underlayer coating forming composition for lithography for forming an underlayer coating having a high dry etching rate compared with photoresist, causing no intermixing with the photoresist, and excellent in property of filling hole on the semiconductor substrate, which is used in lithography process of manufacture of semiconductor device. The composition comprises a cyclodextrin compound that 10% to 90% of total number of hydroxy groups in cyclodextrin is converted into an ether or ester group, a crosslinking compound, a crosslinking catalyst and a solvent.

Abstract: A positive photosensitive resin composition excellent in sensitivity and resolution, characterized by comprising 100 parts by mass of (A) a hydroxypolyamide comprising repeating units represented by the general formula (1), 1 to 50 parts by mass of (B) a photoacid generator, 5 to 20 parts by mass of (C) a carboxylic acid compound having 6 to 18 carbon atoms as represented by the general formula (2), and 0.01 to 70 parts by mass of (D) an alcohol having 4 to 14 carbon atoms as represented by the general formula (3).

Abstract: A method for producing a polymer structure on a patterning region of a substrate surface includes the steps of depositing an adhesion layer having a first polymer material onto the substrate surface, patterning the adhesion layer such that the first polymer material of the adhesion layer is removed in a first region and the first polymer material of the adhesion layer remains in a second region including the patterning region, depositing a polymer layer of a second polymer material onto the substrate surface and the adhesion layer and patterning the polymer layer such that the polymer structure forms in the second region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, comprising a reflow process for forming a desired pattern by dissolving a resist pattern, whereby occurrence of defectives, such as disconnection, can be prevented, and a pattern having an appropriate uniformity can be formed efficiently on each predetermined area desired to be masked. From a photoresist pattern 206 including thicker film portions and thinner film portions, the thinner film portions are removed by a re-developing process. Next, the photoresist so formed by the re-developing process on a backing layer 205 is dissolved such that it passes through a stepped portion 205a formed at each edge portion 205b of the backing layer 205, thereby masking a predetermined area Tg.

Abstract: Positive-working imageable elements have a substrate and an imageable layer that can be used to prepare lithographic printing plates. The imageable elements also include a radiation absorbing compound, and a mixture of first and second polymers in the same imageable layer. The first polymer has two or more centered H-bonds (hydrogen bonds) within a non-covalently bonded unit, and the second polymer is a polyvinyl acetal. This mixture of polymers in the same imageable layer provides improved solvent resistance and processing latitude without a loss in imaging speed.

Abstract: Lactone-containing compounds having formula (1) are novel wherein A1 is a polymerizable functional group having a double bond, R1 is a monovalent C1-C10 hydrocarbon group in which some or all hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, and W is CH2, O or S. They are useful as monomers to produce polymers for the formulation of radiation-sensitive resist compositions which have high transparency to radiation of up to 500 nm and exhibit good development properties. Radiation-sensitive resist compositions comprising the polymers as base resin exhibit high resolution and prevent dissolution in water and penetration of water when processed by immersion lithography.

Abstract: A positive-type photosensitive resin composition that exhibits excellent adhesion to a substrate after a humidification treatment includes (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) a photosensitive diazoquinone compound, and (C-1) a silicon compound shown by the following formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 represent alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 represents an organic group, and R4 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and i represents an integer from 0 to 2.

Abstract: A topcoat material for immersion lithography and a method of performing immersion lithography using the topcoat material. The topcoat material includes a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer. The first and second polymers of the topcoat material, when the topcoat material is formed into a topcoat layer between an immersion fluid and a photoresist layer, disperse non-homogenously throughout the topcoat layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive photosensitive resin composition, characterized by comprising 1 to 50 parts by mass of a photo-acid generator and 0.01 to 70 parts by mass of a terpene compound in combination with 100 parts by mass of a hydroxypolyamide having repeating units. A terpene compound can be combined with a hydroxypolyamide having a particular structure to provide a positive photosensitive resin composition excellent in positive lithography performance such as sensitivity and resolution.

Abstract: A method for reducing line edge roughness (LER) in a layer of photoresist is provided. In accordance with the method, a layer of photoresist is applied to a substrate. The layer of photoresist is then patterned and annealed in an atmosphere comprising at least one gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitrogen and fluorine-containing materials. Preferably, the anneal is performed after patterning the photoresist, but either immediately after, or subsequent to, the trim.

Abstract: A photoresist composition includes a cyclic compound, a photoacid generator, and an organic solvent. The cyclic compound includes any one selected from the group consisting of moieties having chemical structures represented by the formulae (1), (2), (3) and (4) set forth herein, and at least one moiety having the chemical structure represented by the formula (9) set forth herein.

Abstract: In a resist reflow measurement key, and method of fabricating a fine pattern of a semiconductor device using the same, the resist reflow measurement key includes a first reflow key including a plurality of first pattern elements each having a first pattern with a first radius of curvature located on a first side of a first center line and a second pattern with a second radius of curvature located on a second side of the first center line, and a second reflow key including a plurality of second pattern elements each having a third pattern with a third radius of curvature located on a first side of a second center line and a fourth pattern with a fourth radius of curvature located on a second side of the second center line, the second reflow key being formed on a same plane of a substrate as the first reflow key.

Abstract: A method for the formation of a patterned resist layer on a substrate surface by patternwise irradiation with actinic radiation. The first step of the method is formation of a coating layer comprising a substituted triphenylene compound having a diameter of between 1 and 3 nm, a sensitizer which increases the sensitivity of the exposed layer to the actinic radiation used in a subsequent irradiation step and a cross-linker on the substrate surface. Subsequently the coating layer is irradiated patternwise, and unirradiated areas of the coating layer are removed. A resist material comprising a solution of: (i) as the principal resist material a triphenylene derivative having a diameter of from 1 to 3 rim, (ii) a sensitizer which increases the sensitivity of the resist material to actinic radiation, and (iii) a cross-linker capable of cross-linking molecules of the triphenyl derivative, the cross-linker optionally being constituted by a moiety attached to the triphenylene derivative.

Abstract: First, a first exposure process is performed using dipole illumination with only a grating-pattern forming region as a substantial object to be exposed. Next, a second exposure process is performed with only a standard-pattern forming region as a substantial object to be exposed. A development process is then performed to obtain a resist pattern. A mask for the first exposure process is such that a light blocking pattern is formed on the whole surface of a standard-pattern mask part corresponding to the standard-pattern forming region. A mask for the second exposure is such that a light blocking pattern is formed on the whole surface of a grating-pattern mask part corresponding to the grating-pattern forming region.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for heating a substrate in a pressurized environment inside of a thermal processing system. The substrate is placed in a gaseous environment inside a processing chamber of the thermal processing system. The substrate is supported in the gaseous environment. The gas pressure inside the processing chamber is increased above atmospheric pressure, which increases the temperature of the gaseous environment. Heat is transferred from the pressurized gaseous environment to the substrate for thermally processing a layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A positive photosensitive resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyimide precursor (A) having a constituent unit represented by the formula (1), 15 to 25 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent (B) represented by the formula (2), and 2 to 5 parts by weight of a photosensitizer (C) generating acid upon irradiation of an actinic ray: wherein m is an integer of 1 or greater, and R is an aromatic group or an aliphatic group having a valency of 1 or higher. The positive photosensitive resin composition can be developed by using an aqueous solution of alkali metal carbonate, is capable of forming micropatterns, and has excellent thermal resistance and the like. A method for forming a positive pattern, and uses thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resist pattern thickening material which can thicken a resist pattern and form a fine space pattern, exceeding exposure limits of exposure light used during patterning. The resist pattern thickening material contains a resin and a phase transfer catalyst. The present invention also provides a process for forming a resist pattern and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, wherein the resist pattern thickening material of the present invention is suitably utilized.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for a substrate to be processed with a coating film has a chamber with an inner space, a heating plate heating the substrate to be processed in the inner space, and a partition member. The heating plate has a support surface which supports the substrate to be processed within the chamber. The partition member is arranged in the chamber so as to face the support surface. The partition member partitions the inner space into first and second spaces, and has a plurality of pores which allow the first and second spaces to communicate with each other. The support surface of the heating plate is set in the first space. An air stream formation mechanism forming an air stream is arranged in the second space. This mechanism discharges a substance evaporated from the photoresist film.

Abstract: There is disclosed a negative resist composition comprising, at least, a polymer comprising a repeating unit of hydroxy vinylnaphthalene represented by the following general formula (1). There can be provided a negative resist composition, in particular, a chemically amplified negative resist composition that can exhibit higher resolution than conventional hydroxy styrene or novolac negative resist compositions, that provides excellent pattern profiles after being exposed and that exhibits excellent etching resistance; and a patterning process that uses the resist composition.

Abstract: Provided is a positive resist material, particularly a chemically amplified positive resist material having higher sensitivity, higher resolution, a higher exposure latitude and better process adaptability than conventional positive resist materials, and providing a good pattern profile after exposure, particularly having lessened line edge roughness and exhibiting excellent etching resistance. These materials may contain, preferably an organic solvent and acid generator, more preferably a dissolution inhibitor or a basic compound and/or a surfactant. Provided is a positive resist material comprising a polymer comprising at least one monomer unit selected from a group consisting of a monomer unit (A), a monomer unit (B) and a monomer unit (C) represented by the following formula (1); and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 100° C. or greater.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a photochromic film or plate comprising printing a photochromic substance in the unit of an independent spot on a part or the whole of a basic material and forming a protective layer on the basic material, on which the photochromic substance is coated, so as to protect the photochromic substance. According to the present invention, the photochromic substance is printed in the unit of an independent spot so that the printed unit spots are isolated from each other, thereby prolonging the life of the photochromic substance.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition includes (a) a polymer mainly composed of a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I); (b) a dissolution accelerator for a developing solution; and (c) a solvent: wherein R1 is a trivalent or tetravalent organic group, R2 is a bivalent organic group, R is a monovalent organic group having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond or a group represented by O?M+ (M+ represents a hydrogen ion or a cation composed of hydrogen and a compound having the carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond) in which the compound having the carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond is ionically bonded, at least one carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond is contained in all repeating units, m is an integer of 2 or more, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antireflective coating composition for a photoresist layer comprising a polymer, a crosslinking agent and an acid generator, where the polymer comprises at least one unit of structure 1, where, A is a nonaromatic linking moiety, R? and R? are independently selected from hydrogen, Z and W—OH, where Z is a (C1-C20) hydrocarbyl moiety and W is a (C1-C20) hydrocarbyl linking moiety, and, Y? is independently a (C1-C20) hydrocarbyl linking moiety. The invention further relates to a process for imaging the antireflective coating composition.

Abstract: A positive resist composition that includes a resin component (A) and an acid generator component (B), wherein the component (A) includes a polymer compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by a general formula (a0) shown below, and a structural unit (a1), which is derived from an (?-lower alkyl) acrylate ester containing an acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting group and is not classified as the structural unit (a0): (wherein, R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; Y1 represents an aliphatic cyclic group; Z represents an alkoxyalkyl group; a represents an integer from 1 to 3, and b represents either 0 or an integer from 1 to 2, provided that a+b=1 to 3).

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a pattern forming method including forming a lower layer organic film on a substrate, forming an upper layer resist film containing an inorganic element on the lower layer organic film, exposing a pattern on the upper layer resist film and performing development processing to form an opening in the upper layer resist film, supplying a coating forming agent to the upper layer resist film having the opening formed therein to embed and form a coating film in the opening of the upper layer resist film, thermally contracting the coating film to narrow the opening of the upper layer resist film, removing the coating film by dry etching processing and subsequently selectively removing the lower layer organic film with the upper layer resist film being used as a mask, thereby collectively processing the coating film and the lower layer organic film.

Abstract: A polyimide resin, characterized in that the polyimide resin comprises three kinds of repeating units represented by the formula (1), and has a weight average molecular weight, reduced to polystyrene, of from 5,000 to 500,000, an acryl equivalent of from 400 to 3,000 g/eq, and a carboxylic acid equivalent of from 300 to 2500 g/eq wherein X is a tetravalent organic group, Y is a divalent organic group, Z is a divalent organic group, W is a divalent organic group having a polyorganosiloxane structure. The polyimide resin is suitable for preparing a patterned or non-patterned protective coating.

Abstract: A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising specific recurring units. When processed by ArF lithography, the composition is improved in resolution and forms a pattern with a minimal line edge roughness.

Abstract: A poly(imide-azomethine)copolymer that has a low linear thermal expansion coefficient and a method for producing the same copolymer are provided. Also provided are a poly(amic acid-azomethine)copolymer that is a precursor polymer of the poly(imide-azomethine)copolymer; a positive photosensitive resin composition composed of the precursor polymer and a photosensitizer; and a method for making a fine pattern of poly(imide-azomethine) copolymer from the resin composition.

Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising: a resin which increases solubility in an alkali developing solution by an action of an acid and comprises a repeating unit containing a lactone structure and a cyano group, a repeating unit containing a first group selected from groups represented by the formulae (pI) to (pV) as defined herein and a repeating unit containing a second group selected from groups represented by the formulae (pI) to (pV) as defined herein which is different from the first group; a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation of an actinic ray or a radiation; and a solvent.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for controlling a critical dimension of a patterned photoresist layer. The method comprises steps of measuring a critical dimension of a raised pattern in a patterned photoresist layer after a photolithography process is performed on the photoresist layer. A determining process is performed to determine whether the critical dimension is within a critical dimension control limit range, wherein the critical dimension control limit range has a upper control limit and a lower control limit. An adjusting process is performed when the critical dimension is not within the critical dimension control limit range. When the critical dimension is smaller than the lower control limit, a photoresist reflow process is performed. When the critical dimension is larger than the upper control limit a photoresist trimming process is performed.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a stable thin film on a substrate. The method includes depositing a co-polymer composition having a first component and a second component onto a substrate to form a stable film having a first thickness. The first component has first dielectric properties not enabling the first component by itself to produce the stable film having the first thickness. However, the second component has second dielectric properties which impart stability to the film at the first thickness. In a preferred embodiment, the second component includes a leaving group, and the method further includes first thermal processing the film to cause a solvent but not the leaving group to be removed from the film, after which second thermal processing is performed to at least substantially remove the leaving group from the film. As a result, the film is reduced to a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, and the film remains stable during both the first and the second thermal processing.

Abstract: There is provided an anti-reflective coating forming composition for lithography comprising a polymer having an ethylenedicarbonyl structure and a solvent; an anti-reflective coating formed from the composition; and a method for forming photoresist pattern by use of the composition. The anti-reflective coating obtained from the composition can be used in lithography process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, has a high preventive effect for reflected light, causes no intermixing with photoresists, and has a higher etching rate than photoresists.

Abstract: A write pole for vertical magnetic recording is described. It includes a trapezoidal prism of high magnetic moment material, having inwardly sloping sidewalls. Its parallel surfaces are between about 0.1 and 0.3 microns apart and the sidewalls slope in the range of 15.5 to 60 degrees relative to vertical.

Abstract: A positive resist composition that includes a resin component (A), which contains acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting groups and exhibits increased alkali solubility under the action of acid, and an acid generator component (B) that generates acid on exposure, wherein the resin component (A) is a copolymer (A1) containing a first structural unit (a1) derived from hydroxystyrene and a second structural unit (a2) derived from a (meth)acrylate ester having an alcoholic hydroxyl group, in which a portion of the hydroxyl groups of the structural units (a1) and the alcoholic hydroxyl groups of the structural units (a2) have been protected with the acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting groups; and either the acid generator component (B) includes a diazomethane-based acid generator and an onium salt-based acid generator; or the composition further contains a compound, which contains at least one acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group, and generates an organic carboxylic acid under the action of acid g

Abstract: This invention pertains to a silsesquioxane resin with improved lithographic properties (such as etch-resistance, transparency, resolution, sensitivity, focus latitude, line edge roughness, and adhesion) suitable as a photoresist; a method for in-corporating the fluorinated or non-fluorinated functional groups onto silsesquioxane backbone. The silsesquioxane resins of this invention has the general structure (HSiO3/2)a(RSiO3/2)b wherein; R is an acid dissociable group, a has a value of 0.2 to 0.9 and b has a value of 0.1 to 0.8 and 0.9?a+b?1.0.

Abstract: A method of real time dynamic CD control in a system for heat-treating resist coated wafers on a hotplate. The method includes establishing a temperature profile for a hotplate surface, where the hotplate surface is divided into a plurality of temperature control zones, and sequentially heat-treating the resist coated wafers on the hotplate. The method further includes obtaining CD metrology data from test areas on the heat-treated wafers, where different groups of test areas are selected for two or more of the heat-treated wafers. A CD metrology data map is constructed using the CD metrology data and an adjusted temperature profile is established for the hotplate surface using the CD metrology data. Additional wafers are then heat-treated on the hotplate. The method also may be applied to heat-treating resist coated wafers on a plurality of hotplates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for using diblock copolymer (DBCP) films as etch masks to form small dots or holes in integrated circuit layers. In an embodiment, the DBCP film is deposited on the circuit layer to be etched. Then the DCBP film is confined to define an area of interest in the DCBP film in which hexagonal domains will eventually be formed. Such confinement can constitute masking and exposing the DCBP film using photolithographic techniques. Such masking preferably incorporates knowledge of the domain spacing and/or grain size of the to-be-formed domains in the area of interest to ensure that a predictable number and/or orientation of the domains will result in the area of interest, although this is not strictly necessary in all useful embodiments. Domains are then formed in the area of interest in the DBCP film which comprises a hexagonal array of cylindrical domains in a matrix. The film is then treated (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resist pattern thickening material and the like which can thicken a resist pattern and form a fine space pattern. The resist pattern thickening material contains: a resin; a crosslinking agent; and at least one type selected from cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and non-ionic surfactants selected from alkoxylate surfactants, fatty acid ester surfactants, amide surfactants, alcohol surfactants, and ethylene diamine surfactants. In a process for forming a resist pattern of the present invention, after a resist pattern is formed, the thickening material is applied onto a surface of the pattern. A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention includes: after forming a resist pattern on an underlying layer, applying the thickening material on a surface of the pattern so as to thicken the pattern; and a step of patterning the underlying layer by etching by using the pattern.

Abstract: Method for removing contaminants from a surface during semiconductor fabrication. A preferred embodiment comprises developing a resist layer on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate, curing the developed resist layer, and cleaning the developed resist layer with a developer solution to remove contaminants. The cleaning makes use of the same developer solution used to develop the resist layer, so the cleaning makes use of a process that already exists and requires no additional investment to implement, while the curing stabilizes the developed resist layer so that the cleaning does not damage the developed resist layer.

Abstract: A resist composition comprises a base polymer which changes its alkali solubility under the action of an acid, and an additive copolymer comprising recurring units (a) and (b). R1 is F or CF3, R2 and R3 are H or alkyl or form a ring, R4 is H or an acid labile group, R5 to R6 are H, F, or alkyl, or two of R5 to R8 may together form a ring, m=0 or 1, 0.2?a?0.8, and 0.1?b?0.6. A resist film of the composition has good barrier property against water so that leaching of the resist film with water is controlled, minimizing a change of pattern profile due to leach-out.

Abstract: A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid, and (B) an acid generator which is a specific sulfonium salt compound. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising tertiary alkyl protective group units having a hydrophobic tetracyclo[4.4.0.12,5.17,10]dodecane structure, di- or trihydroxyadamantyl units, and monocyclic lactone units.