Abstract:
A radiation-sensitive composition contains: a compound that includes a metal and an oxygen atom, the metal and the oxygen atom being bonded by a covalent bond; and a solvent composition. The metal is a metal of an element belonging to any one of period 4 to period 7 of group 3 to group 15 in periodic table. The solvent contains: a first solvent having a viscosity at 20° C. of no greater than 10 mPa·s and a vapor pressure at 20° C. of no greater than 5 kPa; and a second solvent having a van der Waals volume of no greater than 150 Å3, and being different from the first solvent. The second solvent is: water; a monovalent alcohol represented by R1—OH; R2—COOH; or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
A radiation-sensitive composition includes an organic acid, particles including a metal oxide as a principal component, and an acid generating agent that is capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with a radioactive ray. A pKa, which is a logarithmic value of a reciprocal of an acid dissociation constant Ka, of the acid generated from the acid generating agent is less than a pKa of the organic acid. The acid generating agent satisfies at least one of conditions (i) and (ii): (i) a van der Waals volume of the acid is no less than 2.1×10−28 m3; and (ii) the acid generating agent includes a plurality of groups that are capable of generating an acid.
Abstract:
A pattern-forming method includes applying a radiation-sensitive composition on a substrate to provide a film on the substrate. The film is exposed. The film exposed is developed. The radiation-sensitive composition includes a metal-containing component that is a metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolysis product of the metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolytic condensation product of the metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, or a combination thereof. A content of a transition metal atom in the metal-containing component with respect to total metal atoms in the metal-containing component is no less than 50 atomic %.
Abstract:
A radiation-sensitive composition contains: a metal oxide having a first structural unit represented by formula (1), formula (2) or a combination thereof, and a second structural unit represented by formula (3); and a solvent. In the formulae (1) to (3), M1, M2 and M3 each independently represent germanium, tin or lead; and R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a monovalent organic group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms which bonds to M1 or M2 via a carbon atom. A proportion of the first structural unit with respect to total structural units constituting the metal oxide is preferably no less than 50 mol %.
Abstract:
A photoresist composition includes a radiation-sensitive acid generator, particles, and a first solvent. The radiation-sensitive acid generator is capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with a radioactive ray, an action of the acid allowing a solubility of a film made from the photoresist composition in a developer solution to be altered. The particles include a metal element and have a hydrodynamic radius as determined by a dynamic light scattering analysis of no greater than 20 nm. The photoresist composition may include an acid-labile compound including an acid-labile group. The radiation-sensitive acid generator may be the acid-labile compound including a group that is capable of generating an acid upon exposure to a radioactive ray.
Abstract:
A resist pattern-forming method comprises applying a chemically amplified radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to form a resist film. The chemically amplified radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises a first component solubility in a developer solution of which is capable of being altered by an action of an acid, a second component that is capable of generating an acid by an action of a first exposure light comprising a radioactive ray having a first wavelength, and a sensitizer precursor to be converted into a sensitizer by an action of the first exposure light. A first exposure of the resist film to the first exposure light is conducted. A second exposure of the resist film exposed to the first exposure light, to a second exposure light is conducted. The second exposure light comprises a radioactive ray having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength.
Abstract:
A radiation-sensitive composition contains: a polymetalloxane including a structural unit represented by formula (1); a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. In the following formula (1), M represents a germanium atom, a tin atom or a lead atom; Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 ring atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 ring atoms; R1 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydroxy group; and n is 2 or 3.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device production composition comprises a product obtained by mixing a metal compound and a compound represented by Formula (1) in a first organic solvent, and a second organic solvent. R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear or cyclic alkyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 20, a linear or cyclic alkylcarbonyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 20, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 to 20, or an aryloxy group having a carbon number of 6 to 20, and part of the hydrogen atoms in the cyclic alkyl, cyclic alkylcarbonyl, aryl, or aryloxy group are substituted or unsubstituted. R—O—O—R′ (1)
Abstract:
A radiation-sensitive composition includes particles and a solvent. The particles include a first component and a second component. The first component is a hydrolyzation product or a hydrolytic condensation product of a metal compound including a hydrolyzable group, or a combination thereof; and the second component is an organic acid, an anion of the organic acid, a first compound represented by formula (1), or a combination thereof. The organic acid and the first compound each have a molecular weight of no less than 120. In the formula (1), R1 represents an organic group having a valency of n; X represents an alcoholic hydroxyl group, —NCO or —NHRa, wherein Ra represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and n is an integer of 2 to 4.
Abstract:
Provided is a radiation-sensitive composition superior in sensitivity. A radiation-sensitive composition incudes a metal oxide having a structural unit represented by formula (1), and a solvent. In the formula (1), M represents germanium, tin or lead; R1 represents a monovalent organic group having no greater than 30 carbon atoms which includes at least one of an electron attractive group and an unsaturated bond-containing group, and bonds to M via a carbon atom.