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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which has greatly excellent exposure latitude, can form an excellent rectangular pattern shape, and has less elution to an immersion liquid in liquid immersion exposure, and a resist film and a pattern formation method using the composition.SOLUTION: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains (A) a compound represented by general formula (I) which generates an acid by irradiation of an actinic ray or radiation and (B) a resin which increases solubility in an alkali developer by action of an acid.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photosensitive composition and a pattern forming material capable of forming a pattern having high appropriate sensitivity, a low refractive index, little pattern chipping or residue after development, and little change in the refractive index under a high temperature and high humidity, and an excellent weather resistance property, and to provide a photosensitive film, a pattern forming method, a patterned film, a low refractive index film, an optical device, and a solid-state image sensing device using the same.SOLUTION: A photosensitive composition and a pattern forming material containing (A) hollow or porous particles, (B) a compound adapted to generate an active species by irradiation of active rays or radiation, and (C) a resin containing at least one selected from partial structures shown by the following Group A and a carboxylic acid group and whose solubility in a developer is changed by an action of the active species, and a photosensitive film, a pattern forming method, a patterned film, a low refractive index film, an optical device, and a solid-state image sensing device using the same are provided, where Group A includes a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an amide group, an urea bond, an ester bond, a sulfonate group, a phosphate group, a phosphonate group, a polyethylene glycol chain, and a polypropylene glycol chain.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resist composition which causes little degradation in a profile, is improved in pattern collapse and suppresses generation of scum, not only in normal exposure (dry exposure) but in immersion exposure, and to provide a pattern forming method using the resist composition.SOLUTION: The resist composition contains (A) a resin the solubility of which with an alkali developing solution is increased by an action of an acid, (B) a compound generating an acid by irradiation with active rays or radiation, (C) a hydrophobic resin and (D) a solvent, in which a difference between the weight average molecular weight of the resin (A) and the weight average molecular weight of the hydrophobic resin (C) satisfies an expression of (weight average molecular weigh of the resin (A))-(weight average molecular weight of the hydrophobic resin (C))≥3000. The pattern forming method is carried out by using the above resist composition.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photosensitive composition with which a pattern with a low refractive index, excellent film strength and few development defects can be formed at high resolution, a pattern forming material, as well as a photosensitive film using it, a pattern forming method, a pattern film, a low refractive index film, an antireflection film, an optical device and a solid state imaging element.SOLUTION: A photosensitive composition contains (A) hollow or porous particles, (B) an alkali soluble particle dispersant having a group capable of chemically binding to the particles (A), (C) a compound which generates an active species upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (D) a binder of which solubility in an alkali developer is reduced by an action of the active species.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photosensitive composition capable of forming a pattern having a low refractive index, excellent adhesion to a substrate and a small refractive index variation under high temperature and high humidity and exhibiting excellent weather-resistance, a pattern forming material, and to provide a photosensitive film, a pattern forming method, a pattern film, a low refractive index film, an optical device and a solid state imaging device using the same.SOLUTION: A photosensitive composition includes: (A) a hollow or porous particle; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; and (C) a compound containing at least a structural unit containing a silicon atom having a monovalent group including an alkali soluble group and a polymerizable group, a structural unit containing a silicon atom having a monovalent group including an alkali soluble group, a structural unit containing a silicon atom having a monovalent group including a polymerizable group or a structural unit containing a silicon atom having a monovalent group including an alkali soluble group and a monovalent group including a polymerizable group. A pattern forming material; and a photosensitive film, a pattern forming method, a pattern film, a low refractive index film, an optical device and a solid state imaging device using the pattern forming material are also provided.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photosensitive composition that is capable of forming a pattern having a low refractive index, a good surface condition after exposure, few development defects and excellent adhesion to a substrate with high resolution, a patterning material, as well as a photosensitive film using the photosensitive composition, a patterning method, a patterned film, a low refractive index film, an antireflection film, an optical device and a solid imaging element.SOLUTION: A photosensitive composition comprises (A) hollow or porous particles, (B) a photopolymerization initiator and (C) a polymerizable compound having alkali solubility.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-refraction-index layer transfer sheet used for efficiently forming a low-refraction-index layer at low cost by a laser thermal transfer method, an organic electroluminescent device which can obtain high light-extraction efficiency by changing low-refraction-index layers of each pixel of RGB, and attain reduction of power consumption and life elongation, as well as a method for manufacturing the organic electroluminescent device.SOLUTION: The low-refraction-index layer transfer sheet used for forming a low-refraction-index layer in an organic electroluminescent device by a laser thermal transfer method includes a base material, a photothermal conversion layer on the base material and a low-refraction-index layer on the photothermal conversion layer, with a refraction index of the low-refraction-index layer of 1.4 or less. The photothermal conversion layer is preferred to contain a thermally evaporating substance with a boiling point of at least 70°C by 0.5 mass%.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positive resist composition for an electron beam, an X-ray or EUV light simultaneously satisfying requirements for high sensitivity, high resolution, a good pattern shape, and good line-edge roughness in solving problems associated with performance improving techniques in micro processing of a semiconductor element using the electron beam, the X-ray or the EUV light, and to provide a pattern forming method using the composition. SOLUTION: The positive resist composition for the electron beam, the X-ray or the EUV light contains (A) a resin which is decomposed by the action of an acid and consequently its rate of solution in an aqueous alkali solution is increased, (B) a compound which generates an acid when irradiated with an active ray or with radiation, (C) a compound which is decomposed by the action of an acid and generates an acid, and (D) an organic solvent, wherein a compound having a specific structure is included as a compound of the (C) component, and a pattern forming method using the positive resist composition is also claimed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photosensitive composition which can provide good pattern shape and line-edge roughness in normal exposure (dry exposure), liquid immersion exposure and double exposure, a pattern-forming method using the photosensitive composition, and a compound used in the photosensitive composition. SOLUTION: The photosensitive composition contains a resin (A) containing a repeating unit corresponding to a compound represented by general formula (I), which resin produces an acid group when irradiated with active ray or radiation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positive resist composition improved in pattern collapse performance and focus margin even in the formation of a fine pattern of ≤100 nm and having good exposure latitude, and a pattern forming method using the same. SOLUTION: The positive resist composition comprises: (A) a resin which has an acid-decomposable repeating unit having a specific tertiary ester structure and whose solubility in an alkali developer increases by the action of an acid; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; and (C) a compound capable of generating a compound having a proton accepting functional group of a specific structure upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation. The pattern forming method using the same is also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT