Abstract: A method for creating a detachment area in a solid, in particular for detaching the solid along the separating region. Said solid portion that is to be detached is thinner than the solid body from which the solid portion has been removed. Said method preferably comprises at least the following steps: the crystal lattice of the solid is modified by means of a modifying agent, in particular by means of at least one laser, in particular a pico- or femtosecond laser. The modifications, in particular the laser beams penetrate into the solid via a surface of the solid portion which is to be detached, several modifications are created in the crystal lattice, said crystal lattice penetrates, following said modifications, in the areas surrounding the modifications, at least in one particular part.

Abstract: A polymer hybrid material, a film comprising the polymer hybrid material, the use of the polymer hybrid material, a splitting method using the polymer hybrid material, and a method for producing the polymer hybrid material are provided for increasing the total yield, i.e. the efficiency with respect to the raw materials used and other resources such as energy and workforce, of a splitting method. The polymer hybrid material for use in a splitting method has at least two solid-body sections produced from a solid-body starting material. The polymer hybrid material comprises a polymer matrix and a first filler and a second filler embedded into the polymer matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer assembly.

Abstract: A method of splitting a semiconductor wafer includes: inducing a first stress distribution in the semiconductor wafer by exposing the semiconductor wafer to a first radiation process; inducing a second stress distribution in the semiconductor wafer by exposing the semiconductor wafer to a second radiation process, the second radiation process including applying laser energy to an edge of the semiconductor wafer; and splitting the semiconductor wafer after inducing the first stress distribution and the second stress distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing solid body layers. The claimed method comprises at least the following steps: providing a solid body (2) for separating at least one solid body layer (4), arranging a receiving layer (10) on the solid body for holding the solid body layer (4), said receiving layer being made of at least one polymer and an additional material, said receiving layer, in terms of volume, be made mainly of polymer, the additional material having a greater conductivity than the polymer, and the receiving layer (10) is subjected to thermal stress, in particular, mechanical stress, for generating voltages in the solid body (2), wherein a crack in the solid body (2) along a separation plane (8) expands due to the voltages, the solid layer (4) being separated from the solid body (2) due to the crack.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating solid-body slices (1) from a donor substrate (2). The method comprises the steps of: producing modifications (10) within the donor substrate (2) by means of laser beams (12), wherein a detachment region is predefined by the modifications (10), along which detachment region the solid-body layer (1) is separated from the donor substrate (2), and removing material from the donor substrate (2), starting from a surface (4) extending in the peripheral direction of the donor substrate (2), in the direction of the centre (Z) of the donor substrate (2), in particular in order to produce a peripheral indentation (6).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a detachment zone (2) in a solid (1) in order to detach a solid portion (12), especially a solid layer (12), from the solid (1), said solid portion (12) that is to be detached being thinner than the solid from which the solid portion (12) has been removed.

Abstract: A method for the production of layers of solid material is contemplated. The method may include the steps of providing a solid body for the separation of at least one layer of solid material, generating defects by means of at least one radiation source, in particular a laser, in the inner structure of the solid body in order to determine a detachment plane along which the layer of solid material is separated from the solid body, and applying heat to a polymer layer disposed on the solid body in order to generate, in particular mechanically, stresses in the solid body, due to the stresses a crack propagating in the solid body along the detachment plane, which crack separates the layer of solid material from the solid body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of layers of solid material, in particular for use as wafers. The method may include the following steps: providing a workpiece for the separation of the layers of solid material with the workpiece optionally having at least one exposed surface, producing and/or providing a carrier unit for receiving at least one layer of solid material having the carrier unit optionally having a receiving layer for holding the layer of solid material, attaching the receiving layer to the exposed surface of the workpiece forming a composite structure, producing a break initiation point by means of pre-defined local stress induction in the peripheral region, including at the edge, of the workpiece, and separating the layer of solid material from the workpiece starting from the break initiation point.

Abstract: A method for the production of layers of solid material is contemplated. The method may include the steps of providing a solid body for the separation of at least one layer of solid material, generating defects by means of at least one radiation source, in particular a laser, in the inner structure of the solid body in order to determine a detachment plane along which the layer of solid material is separated from the solid body, and applying heat to a polymer layer disposed on the solid body in order to generate, in particular mechanically, stresses in the solid body, due to the stresses a crack propagating in the solid body along the detachment plane, which crack separates the layer of solid material from the solid body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating solid-body slices (1) from a donor substrate (2). The method comprises the steps of: producing modifications (10) within the donor substrate (2) by means of laser beams (12), wherein a detachment region is predefined by the modifications (10), along which detachment region the solid-body layer (1) is separated from the donor substrate (2), and removing material from the donor substrate (2), starting from a surface (4) extending in the peripheral direction of the donor substrate (2), in the direction of the center (Z) of the donor substrate (2), in particular in order to produce a peripheral indentation (6).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of layers of solid material, in particular for use as wafers. The method may include the following steps: providing a workpiece for the separation of the layers of solid material with the workpiece optionally having at least one exposed surface, producing and/or providing a carrier unit for receiving at least one layer of solid material having the carrier unit optionally having a receiving layer for holding the layer of solid material, attaching the receiving layer to the exposed surface of the workpiece forming a composite structure, producing a break initiation point by means of pre-defined local stress induction in the peripheral region, including at the edge, of the workpiece, and separating the layer of solid material from the workpiece starting from the break initiation point.

Abstract: A polymer hybrid material, a film comprising the polymer hybrid material, the use of the polymer hybrid material, a splitting method using the polymer hybrid material, and a method for producing the polymer hybrid material are provided for increasing the total yield, i.e. the efficiency with respect to the raw materials used and other resources such as energy and workforce, of a splitting method. The polymer hybrid material for use in a splitting method has at least two solid-body sections produced from a solid-body starting material. The polymer hybrid material comprises a polymer matrix and a first filler and a second filler embedded into the polymer matrix.

Abstract: A method for producing layers of solid material is contemplated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of at least one three-dimensional layer of solid material, in particular for usage as wafer, and/or at least one tree-dimensional solid body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing solid body layers. The claimed method comprises at least the following steps: providing a solid body (2) for separating at least one solid body layer (4), arranging a receiving layer (10) on the solid body for holding the solid body layer (4), said receiving layer being made of at least one polymer and an additional material, said receiving layer, in terms of volume, be made mainly of polymer, the additional material having a greater conductivity than the polymer, and the receiving layer (10) is subjected to thermal stress, in particular, mechanical stress, for generating voltages in the solid body (2), wherein a crack in the solid body (2) along a separation plane (8) expands due to the voltages, the solid layer (4) being separated from the solid body (2) due to the crack.

Abstract: The overall yield of a splitting method for division of a solid-state starting material into at least two solid-state pieces is increased by use of a polymer hybrid material comprising one or more fillers in a polymer matrix. A corresponding splitting method comprises the steps of providing the solid-state starting material with at least one exposed surface, applying a polymer hybrid material comprising fillers in a polymer matrix to at least one exposed surface of the solid-state starting material, so as to result in a composite structure, and subjecting the composite structure to a stress field such that the solid-state starting material is split along a plane within the solid-state starting material into at least two solid-state pieces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing at least one layer of solid material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for separating at least one wafer from a donor substrate (2). The device (1) according to the invention comprises at least a housing (4) with a receiving space (6) for receiving at least one multi-layer arrangement (8) which consists of at least one donor substrate (2) and a receiving layer (10) arranged or generated thereon, and an application device (12) for the contactless application of the multi-layer arrangement (8) for generating crack-conducting stresses in the multi-layer arrangement (8).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cutting off at least one portion (4), in particular a wafer, from a solid body (2). The method comprises at least the following steps: modifying the crystal lattice of the solid body (2) by means of a modifier (18), wherein a number of modifications (19) are produced to form a nonplanar, in particular convex, detachment region (8) in the interior of the solid body, wherein the modifications (19) are produced in accordance with predetermined parameters, wherein the predetermined parameters describe a relationship between a deformation of the portion (4) and a defined further treatment of the portion (4), detaching the portion (4) from the solid body (2).