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The present invention relates to a novel photoresist composition that can be developed with an aqueous alkaline solution, and is capable of being imaged at exposure wavelengths in the deep ultraviolet. The invention also relates to a process for imaging the novel photoresist as well as novel photoacid generators.The novel photoresist comprises a) a polymer containing an acid labile group, and b) a novel mixture of photoactive compounds, where the mixture comprises a lower absorbing compound selected from structure 1 and 2, and a higher absorbing compound selected from structure 4 and 5, where, R1 and R2 R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are defined herein; m=1–5; X− is an anion, and Ar is selected from naphthyl, anthracyl, and structure 3, where R30, R31, R32, R33, and R34 are defined herein.

The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a nanoscale multi-junction quantum dot device wherein it can minimize constraints depending on the number or shape of patterns and a line width, and in particular, overcome shortcomings depending on the proximity effect occurring between patterns while employing the advantages of electron beam lithography to the utmost by forming a new conductive layer between the patterns and utilizing it as a new pattern.

The present invention relates to an antireflective coating composition comprising a crosslinking agent, a polymer comprising at least one chromophore group and at least one hydroxyl and / or a carboxyl group, and an additive, further where the additive has structure 1 and comprises at least one arylene-hydroxyl moiety,where Y is selected from an carboxylate anion or sulfonate anion, R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from unsubstituted C1-C8 alkyl, substituted C1-C8 alkyl, aryl and arylene-hydroxyl; X1, X2, and X3 are independently selected from direct valence bond and C1-C8 alkylene group, and, n=1, 2 or 3. The invention further relates to a process for using the composition.

The present invention relates to a positive photosensitive composition suitable for image-wise exposure and development as a positive photoresist comprising a positive photoresist composition and an inorganic particle material having an average particle size equal or greater than 10 nanometers, wherein the thickness of the photoresist coating film is less than 5 microns. The positive photoresist composition can be selected from (1) a composition comprising (i) a film-forming resin having acid labile groups, and (ii) a photoacid generator, or (2) a composition comprising (i) a film-forming novolak resin, and (ii) a photoactive compound, or (3) a composition comprising (i) a film-forming resin, (ii) a photoacid generator, and (iii) a dissolution inhibitor. The invention also relates to a process of forming an image using the novel photosensitive composition.

A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, a basic-compound component (C) and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the component (B) including a compound represented by formula (b1), and the component (C) including at least one compound represented by formulas (c1) to (c3) (wherein Z1 represents a ring skeleton-containing hydrocarbon group, Q1 represents a divalent linking group containing oxygen, Y1 represents a fluorinated alkylene group, M+ represents an organic cation, R1 represents a fluorinated alkyl group or a hydrocarbon group, L1+ and L2+ represents a sulfonium or an iodonium, Z2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, Y2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group containing no fluorine, R2 represents an organic group, Y3 represents an alkylene group or an arylene group; and Rf represents a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon group).

A method of producing a polymeric compound containing a structural unit that decomposes upon exposure to generate an acid, the method including: synthesizing a precursor polymer by polymerizing a water-soluble monomer having an anionic group, washing the precursor polymer with water, and subsequently subjecting the precursor polymer to a salt exchange with an organic cation. Also, a polymeric compound produced using the method of producing a polymeric compound, and a method of forming a resist pattern using the resist composition.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a graphical sapphire substrate. The method comprises the following steps of: performing spin-coating treatment on a substrate to be photoetched; aligning and installing a mask plate and the substrate and installing the mask plate above the substrate according to set distance; performing projection exposure according to preset exposure conditions; performing developing treatment on the exposed substrate; performing roasting treatment on the developed substrate, and taking photoresist on the surface of the substrate as an etching mask; after setting the temperature and the vacuum degree of an etching cavity, the temperature of a shield cover and the control temperature of a cooling circulation mechanism, placing the roasted substrate on a slide glass base station in the etching cavity; introducing an etching gas for etching the substrate; controlling etching speed and quality by anode radio frequency source power and bias radio frequency source power; and simultaneously, cooling the slide glass base station by using the cooling circulation mechanism. By the method, the graphical substrate production efficiency is high and the luminous efficiency of a chip produced by using the substrate is high and stable.

A polymer containing an anion part which generates acid upon exposure on at least one terminal of the main chain, and at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit (a0) containing a —SO2-containing cyclic group, a structural unit (a3) containing at least one group selected from the group consisting of —OH, —COOH, —CN, —SO2NH2 and —CONH2 and a structural unit (a5) which generates acid upon exposure.

The invention provides positive-acting chemically-amplified photoresist compositions that can provide excellent lithographic performance as well as significantly enhanced storage stability. In one aspect, photoresist compositions are provided that comprise a solvent that is free of hydroxy groups (i.e. non-hydroxylic solvent), a resin binder and a photoactive compound that exhibits enhanced and long-term solubility in the solvent. In a further aspect, resists are provided that are formulated in a hydroxyl-containing solvent such as ethyl lactate and that contains a sulfonium salt photoactive compound that includes a sulfonate counter anion that can provide enhanced storage stability for the resist.

A resist composition comprising a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound (D), the nitrogen-containing organic compound (D) including a nitrogen-containing polymeric compound (D1) having a structural unit (d0) containing a nitrogen atom in the side chain thereof.

A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the acid-generator component (B) including an acid generator (B1) represented by general formula (b1-1) shown below (in the formula, RX represents a divalent aliphatic group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms; RY represents a monovalent aliphatic group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms having —C(═O)—O— or —S(═O)2—; each of R1 and R2 independently represents a divalent linking group; and Z+ represents a monovalent organic cation).

The present invention relates to an antireflective coating composition comprising a crosslinking agent, a polymer comprising at least one chromophore group and at least one hydroxyl and / or a carboxyl group, and an additive, further where the additive has structure 1 and comprises at least one arylene-hydroxyl moiety,where Y is selected from an carboxylate anion or sulfonate anion, R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from unsubstituted C1-C8 alkyl, substituted C1-C8 alkyl, aryl and arylene-hydroxyl; X1, X2, and X3 are independently selected from direct valence bond and C1-C8 alkylene group, and, n=1, 2 or 3. The invention further relates to a process for using the composition.

There are provided a novel compound, a polymeric compound, a resist composition, an acid generator and a method of forming a resist patternthe compound represented by general formula (1-1):wherein each of R1 and R3 independently represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; A represents a divalent linking group; each of R2 and R4 independently represents a hydroxyl group, a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or a group represented by general formula (1-an1), (1-an2) or (1-an3), provided that at least one of R2 and R4 represents a group represented by general formula (1-an1), (1-an2) or (1-an3); and n0 is preferably 0 or 1, andwherein Y1 represents a single bond or —SO2—; R5 represents a linear or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms or monovalent hydrocarbon group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms having a cyclic partial structure which may be substituted with a fluorine atom; and M+ represents an organic cation or a metal cation,

A resist composition containing a base component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, a photoreactive quencher (C), and an acid generator component (B) that generates acid upon exposure, and further containing an acid (G) having a pKa of 4 or less.

A (meth)acrylate compound having an acid-labile ester group, a photosensitive polymer, and a resist composition including the same, the (meth)acrylate compound being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1wherein, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 and R3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic alkyl, or linked each other to form a monocyclic ring or a fused-ring, and R4 is a linear ester or cyclic ester group.

There are provided a novel compound, a polymeric compound, a resist composition, an acid generator and a method of forming a resist patternthe compound represented by general formula (1-1):wherein each of R1 and R3 independently represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; A represents a divalent linking group; each of R2 and R4 independently represents a hydroxyl group, a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or a group represented by general formula (1-an1), (1-an2) or (1-an3), provided that at least one of R2 and R4 represents a group represented by general formula (1-an1), (1-an2) or (1-an3); and n0 is preferably 0 or 1, andwherein Y1 represents a single bond or —SO2—; R5 represents a linear or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, cyclic monovalent hydrocarbon group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms or monovalent hydrocarbon group of 3 to 20 carbon atoms having a cyclic partial structure which may be substituted with a fluorine atom; and M+ represents an organic cation or a metal cation,

A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a coating containing a photopolymerizable layer and optionally an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the coating further includes a polysiloxane, the polysiloxane being present in the photopolymerizable layer and / or in the optional intermediate layer, and the polysiloxane is obtained by reacting at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula (I) and at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula (II):

According to the present invention there is provided a heat-sensitive imaging material for making lithographic printing plates which require no processing. The heat-sensitive imaging element comprises on a lithographic base having a hydrophilic surface a metallic or metal oxide layer and on top thereof an oleophobic polymeric layer having a thickness of less than 5 mu m and comprising a polymer containing phenolic groups.

The invention relates to a norbornene, hexafluoropropylene and acrylonitrile ternary polymerization catalyst. The preparation method of the catalyst comprises the steps that (pentamethyl cyclopentadiene) cerium chloride and a ligand are dissolved into a first solvent in a dry three-mouth flask in the inertia atmosphere, titanium tetrachloride is dropped into the solution while stirring is performed, stirring is performed at the constant temperature of 30-60 DEG C for 30-60 min after dropping is performed, and a cerium-titanium complex catalyst is obtained. The polymerization method comprises the steps that a norbornene monomer, a hexafluoropropylene monomer and an acrylonitrile monomer are taken and added into a reaction kettle where repeated vacuumizing and nitrogen charging are performed, and a second solvent is added for dissolution; then, the cerium-titanium complex catalyst is added, a reaction is performed under the certain temperature and pressure, and the product is washed to obtain the terpolymer. Catalyst raw materials are low in price and easy to obtain, catalytic activity can be generated at low temperature, norbornene, hexafluoropropylene and acrylonitrile ternary polymerization is catalyzed, the reaction temperature is low, the catalysis efficiency is high, the copolymer yield is high, and the terpolymer is good in photoetching performance.

An alkali soluble resin is disclosed comprising a first monomeric unit including at least one sulfonamide group and a second monomeric unit derived from the monomer according to the following structure (I) wherein R1 represents a structural moiety comprising an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable group; R2, R3 and R4 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkaryl, aralkyl, aryl or heteroaryl group or, the necessary atoms to form a five to eight membered ring.

A resist composition including a base component (A) which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution by the action of acid, (A) including (A1) including (a0) and (a2), and the resist composition having a Tf temperature of lower than 170° C. (└La01 represents —COO—, —CON(R′)— or a divalent aromatic group, R′ represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Va01 represents a linear alkylene group of at least 3 carbon atoms, A− represents an anion-containing group, Mm+ represents an organic cation, Ya21 represents a single bond or divalent linking group, La21 represents —O—, —COO—, —CON(R′)— or —OCO—, R′ represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Ra21 represents a lactone-containing group, a carbonate containing group or an —SO2— containing group.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a patterning inductive coupling plasma sapphire substrate. The process for manufacturing the patterning inductive coupling plasma sapphire substrate comprises the following steps: conducting cleaning processing on the sapphire substrate; conducting alignment installation on sapphire and the substrate, arranging uniform glue on the front face according to the set distance, and coating the uniform glue on the substrate; 1.3, conducting projection exposure according to the preset exposure condition; conducting developing processing on the substrate after the exposure, conducting dry-etching processing on the substrate after developing, and using photoresist on the surface of the substrate as an etching mask; setting the temperature and the vacuum degree of an inductive coupling plasma etching cavity, and the control temperature of a cooling circulation machine, and then placing the substrate after the dry-etching processing into a slide glass base station in the etching cavity; etching the substrate by filling inductive coupling plasma etching gas into the substrate, and controlling the speed and quality of etching by outputting frequency source power and refraction frequency source power; meanwhile, cooling the slide glass base station through the cooling circulation machine. According to the method for manufacturing the inductive coupling plasma sapphire substrate, the productivity and the graphical consistency are greatly improved, the rate of finished products is high, and the process is stable.

The invention discloses a making method for a cylindrical hologram, a making device and a made hologram thereby. The making method comprises following steps: encoding each line information after dividing a plurality of digital images with different visual angles into a plurality of line information; reading the encoded line information by a projection system, condensing the read line information by laser permeating the projection system at a corresponding point of the holographic recording material; recording each line information of each gram spot by spot until a unit hologram is recorded; recording each unit hologram row by row until unit holograms of all view angles are all recorded on the corresponding holographic recording material. The invented method divides and encodes an image into a plurality of line information, records the line information spot by spot on the holographic recording material disposed on the focus of the imaging lens, and the line information is packed recorded by an imaging lens, so that the radius of the final cylindrical hologram is adjusted by adjusting the object distance.

A resist composition including a resin component having a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (a0-1), in which W represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Ra01 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; in the case where Ra01 is an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Ra02 is a group which forms an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group, together with the tertiary carbon atom (*C) to which Ra01 is bonded; and when Ra01 is an alkyl group, Ra02 is a group in which an aliphatic cyclic group containing an electron-withdrawing group forms a condensed ring together with an aromatic heterocyclic group containing an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

The invention discloses an absorption method of a warped wafer and a device using the absorption method, belongs to the technical field of semiconductors, and is designed for solving the problem thatabsorption for an existing warped wafer is impossible. The method includes the steps of using a normal wafer to form an absorption normal state on a sucker, using a warped wafer to replace the normalwafer; horizontally adjusting and / or rotationally adjusting the position of the warped wafer on the sucker until the warped wafer is absorbed on the sucker. The device comprises the sucker connected to a vacuum system, a plurality of suction holes formed in the sucker, and a control switch arranged on the vacuum system. According to the method for absorbing warped wafers, the wafers are not abandoned because of warping, so that as many wafers as possible can be successfully cut into chips. The rate of finished products is improved, and the cost is reduced. The device disclosed by the inventioncan be used for photoetching the warped wafer by using the absorption method, so that the wafers are prevented from being abandoned, and the photoetching effect is good.

A resist composition which can form a very fine resist pattern with excellent lithography properties, a new polymeric compound useful for the resist composition, and a compound useful as a monomer for the polymeric compound. The resist composition contains a polymeric compound containing a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0) shown below. In the formula (a0), A is an anion represented by the general formula (1) or (2).