thermal annealing

in lithography
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09449
Annealing in which a heating step is used to activate chemical processes in a resist that depend on diffusion.
Note: Thermal annealing is frequently employed in photolithography and in block copolymer lithography.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1861. (Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1867 [Terms] [Paper]