Abstract:
Abrasive articles containing solid abrasive particles (A) selected from the group consisting of inorganic particles, organic particles and inorganic-organic hybrid particles (a1) having an average primary particle size of from 1 to 500 nm as determined by laser light diffraction and having electron donor groups (a2) chemically bonded to their surface are provided. The said solid abrasive particles (A) are distributed throughout or on top of or throughout and on top of a solid matrix (B). A method for manufacturing abrasive articles and a method for processing substrates useful for fabricating electrical and optical devices are provided. The said methods make use of the said abrasive articles.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition comprising: (A) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a mixture or composite thereof, (B) at least one type of an organic polymeric compound as a dispersing agent or charge reversal agent comprising a phosphonate (P(═O)(OR1)(OR2) or phosphonic acid (P(═O)(OH)2) moiety or their deprotonated forms as pendant groups, wherein R1 is alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl, R2 is H, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl, and (C) an aqueous medium.
Abstract:
A post chemical-mechanical-polishing (post-CMP) cleaning composition comprising: (A) is cysteine, glutathione, N-acetylcysteine, thiourea, (L) at least one oligomeric or polymeric polycarboxylic acid, and (C) water, wherein the post-CMP cleaning composition has a pH-value in the range of from 4 to not more than 7. The use of the composition for removing residues and contaminants from the surface of semiconductor substrates useful for manufacturing microelectronic devices. A process for manufacturing microelectronic devices from semiconductor substrates comprising the step of removing residues and contaminants from the surface of the semiconductor substrates by contacting them at least once with the post-CMP cleaning composition.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) comprising (A) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a mixture or composite thereof, (B) a non-ionic surfactant, (C) an aromatic compound comprising at least one acid group (Y), or a salt thereof, and (M) an aqueous medium.
Abstract:
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) comprising (A) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a mixture or composite thereof, (B) a non-ionic surfactant, (C) a carbonate or hydrogen carbonate salt, (D) an alcohol, and (M) an aqueous medium.
Abstract:
An aqueous polishing composition having a pH of 3 to 11 and comprising (A) abrasive particles which are positively charged when dispersed in an aqueous medium free from component (B) and of a pH of 3 to 9 as evidenced by the electrophoretic mobility; (B) anionic phosphate dispersing agents; and (C) a polyhydric alcohol component selected from the group consisting of (c1) water-soluble and water-dispersible, aliphatic and cycloaliphatic, monomeric, dimeric and oligomeric polyols having at least 4 hydroxy groups; (c2) a mixture consisting of (c21) water-soluble and water-dispersible, aliphatic and cycloaliphatic polyols having at least 2 hydroxy groups; and (c22) water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers selected from linear and branched alkylene oxide homopolymers and copolymers (c221); and linear and branched, aliphatic and cycloaliphatic poly(N-vinylamide) homopolymers and copolymers (c222); and (c3) mixtures of (c1) and (c2); and a process for polishing substrates for electrical, mechanical and optical devices.