Abstract:
A topcoat material for applying on top of a photoresist material is disclosed. The topcoat material comprises at least one solvent and a polymer which has a dissolution rate of at least 3000 A/second in aqueous alkaline developer. The polymer contains a hexafluoroalcohol monomer unit comprising one of the following two structures: (I) wherein n is an integer. The topcoat material may be used in lithography processes, wherein the topcoat material is applied on a photoresist layer. The topcoat material is 10 preferably insoluble in water, and is therefore particularly useful in immersion lithography techniques using water as the imaging medium.
Abstract:
A photoresist composition including a polymer, a photoacid generator and a dissolution modification agent, a method of forming an image using the photoresist composition and the dissolution modification agent composition. The dissolution modification agent is insoluble in aqueous alkaline developer and inhibits dissolution of the polymer in the developer until acid is generated by the photoacid generator being exposed to actinic radiation, whereupon the dissolution modifying agent, at a suitable temperature, becomes soluble in the developer and allows the polymer to dissolve in the developer. The DMAs are glucosides, cholates, citrates and adamantanedicarboxylates protected with acid-labile ethoxyethyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, and angelicalactonyl groups.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoresist topcoat extremely suitable for photolithography and a liquid immersion photolithographic system. SOLUTION: The topcoat consists of a composition including functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane derivatives of formulae T m R3 , wherein m is equal to 8, 10 or 12 and Q n M n R1, R2, R3 , (wherein n is equal to 8, 10, 12). The functional groups preferably include aqueous base soluble moieties. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polymeric film made from cage type polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and a hydrophilic comonomer. SOLUTION: A composite membrane includes a filtration membrane and a layer on the surface of the filtration membrane. The layer includes a polymer including a cage type polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) derivative having a hydrophilic moiety bonded to at least one vertex thereof. A method for making the composite membrane includes a step of applying a photopolymerizable composition including a POSS compound, the hydrophilic comonomer and a photoinitiator to the surface of the filtration membrane. The composition is cured to form a hydrophilic layer on the filtration membrane. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of flattening on a topography using molecular glass materials. SOLUTION: A flattened composition using molecular glass as a base for lithographic processing is disclosed. A process generally includes the steps of casting a planarizing composition containing at least one molecular glass and at least one solvent on a surface containing a lithographic structure and heating the flattened composition to a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of at least one molecular glass. Exemplary molecular glass includes a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane derivative, calixarene, a cyclodextrin derivative, and the other non-polymer macromolecules. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a construction and a forming method of a composite semipermeable membrane including a multi-layered active layer having high salt rejection rate and mechanical strength.SOLUTION: A polymeric semipermeable membrane includes an active layer on a support. The active layer includes at least two chemically distinct crosslinked polyamide films, and the films are crosslinked with each other at an interface.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite membrane with a performance enhancing layer, in which resistance to fouling is greatly enhanced in comparison with that of an non-coated membrane. SOLUTION: The composite membrane includes a filtration membrane with a surface and a layer on the surface of the filtration membrane. The layer includes a polymer including a poly(ethylene glycol) moiety cross-linked with ammonium salt or a precursor of the ammonium salt. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoresist composition containing a polymer having at least one methacrylate monomer and to provide a method of pattering a substrate using the photoresist composition. SOLUTION: The photoresist composition contains a methacrylate monomer of formula 1 where R 1 represents hydrogen (H), a linear or branched 1-20C alkyl group or a semi- or perfluorinated linear or branched 1-20C alkyl group; where R 2 represents an unsubstituted aliphatic group or a substituted aliphatic group having zero or one trifluoromethyl (CF 3 ) group bonded to each carbon of the substituted aliphatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and where R 3 represents hydrogen (H), methyl (CH 3 ), trifluoromethyl (CF 3 ), difluoromethyl (CHF 2 ) or fluoromethyl (CH 2 F). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
A topcoat material for applying on top of a photoresist material is disclosed. The topcoat material comprises at least one solvent and a polymer which has a dissolution rate of at least 3000 A/second in aqueous alkaline developer. The polymer contains a hexafluoroalcohol monomer unit comprising one of the following two structures: (I) wherein n is an integer. The topcoat material may be used in lithography processes, wherein the topcoat material is applied on a photoresist layer. The topcoat material is 10 preferably insoluble in water, and is therefore particularly useful in immersion lithography techniques using water as the imaging medium.
Abstract:
Silsesquioxane polymers, silsesquioxane polymers in negative tone photo-patternable dielectric formulations, methods of forming structures using negative tone photo-patternable dielectric formulations containing silsesquioxane polymers, and structures made from silsesquioxane polymers.