Abstract: A method of forming a liquid coating on a substrate that reduces the amount of consumption of the coating liquid and achieves a more even distribution of the thickness of the liquid coating film. The method may include supplying a solvent to a surface of a substrate, starting a supply of a coating liquid to the surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate at a first rotation speed, stopping a rotation of the substrate by decelerating the rotation of the substrate at a deceleration larger than 30000 rpm/sec at a point of time when the supply of the coating liquid is stopped, and then rotating the substrate at a second rotation speed. Accordingly, the dispense amount of the coating liquid is reduced and the film thickness of the coating liquid is flatten.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerization initiator, and then conducting precipitation purification with methanol. Then to the copolymer, triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate was added to prepare a cyclohexanone solution. This solution was applied to a wafer, and exposed to a KrF excimer stepper and developed. The threshold energy Eth was 50 mJ/cm2. A 0.45 ?m-wide L & S was formed at 130 mJ/cm2. The radiation sensitive material has good transparency and etching resistance, high sensitivity, and little peeling.

Abstract: A method of forming a liquid coating on a substrate that reduces the amount of consumption of the coating liquid and achieves a more even distribution of the thickness of the liquid coating film. The method may include supplying a solvent to a surface of a substrate, starting a supply of a coating liquid to the surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate at a first rotation speed, stopping a rotation of the substrate by decelerating the rotation of the substrate at a deceleration larger than 30000 rpm/sec at a point of time when the supply of the coating liquid is stopped, and then rotating the substrate at a second rotation speed. Accordingly, the dispense amount of the coating liquid is reduced and the film thickness of the coating liquid is flatten.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerization initiator, and then conducting precipitation purification with methanol. Then to the copolymer, triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate was added to prepare a cyclohexanone solution. This solution was applied to a wafer, and exposed to a KrF excimer stepper and developed. The threshold energy Eth was 50 mJ/cm2. A 0.45 ?m-wide L & S was formed at 130 mJ/cm2. The radiation sensitive material has good transparency and etching resistance, high sensitivity, and little peeling.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerization initiator, and then conducting precipitation purification with methanol. Then to the copolymer, triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate was added to prepare a cyclohexanone solution. This solution was applied to a wafer, and exposed to a KrF excimer stepper and developed. The threshold energy Eth was 50 mJ/cm2. A 0.45 ?m-wide L & S was formed at 130 mJ/cm2. The radiation sensitive material has good transparency and etching resistance, high sensitivity, and little peeling.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula 1

Abstract: A radiation sensitive material comprising a copolymer including itaconic anhydride and methods of using such radiation sensitive materials in methods for forming a pattern.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula 1

Abstract: A radiation sensitive composition comprising a copolymer having a structural unit of (me)acrylonitrile and a structural unit generating an alkali soluble group and a substance generating an acid by application of radiation.

Abstract: An exposure technique which accomplishes high transparency and the prevention of influence of reflected light in the ultraviolet region of KrF excimer laser light, the technique being capable of decreasing reflected light by employing a base polymer having high transparency in the ultraviolet region and by employing a bleaching agent in combination with a photo acid generator, the bleaching agent being capable of preventing the formation of eaves in an upper portion of a resist pattern.

Abstract: A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula ##STR1## was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerization initiator, and then conducting precipitation purification with methanol. Then to the copolymer, triphenylsulfonium hexafluoroantimonate was added to prepare a cyclohexanone solution. This solution was applied to a wafer, and exposed to a KrF excimer stepper and developed. The threshold energy Eth was 50 mJ/cm.sup.2. A 0.45 .mu.m-wide L & S was formed at 130 mJ/cm.sup.2. The radiation sensitive material has good transparency and etching resistance, high sensitivity, and little peeling.

Abstract: A chemical amplification resist contains a polymer of adamantyl group and aliphatic ester, wherein the aliphatic ester has a carbonyl group such that the chemical amplification resist generates carboxylic acid upon exposure to radiation.

Abstract: A resist composition and a process for forming a resist pattern using a resist composition are disclosed. The present composition includes 100 parts by weight of a copolymer of a 2-norbornene-2-substituent unit and an acrylic acid ester unit of the formula I; ##STR1## wherein, X is a cyano or chloro group, R is tert-butyl, dimethylbenzyl, or tetrahydropyranyl, m is an integer of 9 to 2390, and n is an integer of 21 to 5180, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of a photo acid generator. A finely-resolved resist pattern with high sensitivity and good dry etch resistance is obtained by the present composition and present process for forming the resist pattern.

Abstract: A resist composition and a process for forming a resist pattern using a resist composition are disclosed. The present composition includes 100 parts by weight of a copolymer of a 2-norbornene-2-substituent unit and an acrylic acid ester unit of the formula I; ##STR1## wherein, X is a cyano or chloro group, R is tert-butyl, dimethylbenzyl, or tetrahydropyranyl, m is an integer of 9 to 2390, and n is an integer of 21 to 5180, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of a photo acid generator. A finely-resolved resist pattern with high sensitivity and good dry etch resistance is obtained by the present composition and present process for forming the resist pattern.

Abstract: Improved chemically amplified resist is provided that comprises 100 parts by weight of a copolymer produced from a first monomer unit having a recurrent acid labile pendant group that changes the polarity of the polymer and a second monomer unit having an alkali-soluble group and 1 to 20 parts by weight of a photo acid generator.

Abstract: A pattern formation material capable of keeping dimensional accuracy of a pattern at a desired level even after a polymer is left standing for a long time after exposure and before baking, and a method of forming such a pattern formation material, which comprises a copolymer containing units containing a polycyclic aromatic ring, a condensed ring having at least one aromatic ring, or an aromatic ring having, as a substitution group, an alicyclic group, a branched alkyl or a halogen, and units from a monomer containing a photosensitive group, and a compound generating an acid by irradiation to ultraviolet rays.