Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of liquid aromatic diamine to the total moles of small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine ranges from 15:85 to 40:60, wherein, the reaction mixture comprises 48 to 68 wt. % hard segment materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides CMP polishing pads or layers having a Shore DO (15 second) hardness of from 40 to 80 made from a two-component reaction mixture of (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 15 to 36 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, c) from 0 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a liquid aromatic diamine which is a liquid at standard pressure and at 40° C., and d) an amount of water or CO2-amine adduct sufficient to reduce the density of a CMP polishing pad made from the two-component reaction mixture to from 0.2 to 0.50 g/mL, wherein the reaction mixture comprises 60 to 75 wt.

Abstract: The polishing pad has a polymeric matrix, a polishing surface useful for polishing at least one of semiconductor, magnetic and optical substrates and a bottom surface; a porous subpad adhered to the bottom surface of the polishing pad. The porous subpad includes a nonporous microlayer for securing the polishing pad to the porous subpad. The porous polymer network contains i) a single layer of closed cell micropores adjacent the nonporous microlayer for transitioning compressive forces from the bottom surface of the polishing pad to the porous subpad; and ii) a multilayer of closed cell, open cell or a mixture of closed and open cell micropores adjacent the single layer of closed cell micropores.

Abstract: A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing can comprise a base pad having a top surface and surface, a plurality of polishing elements each having a top polishing surface and a bottom surface, and wherein each of the plurality of polishing elements is connected to the top surface of the base pad to the polishing element by three or more supports wherein the bottom surface of the polishing element, the top surface of the base pad and the supports define a region comprising at least one void and there are openings between the three or more supports. Such pad can be used in a method by providing a substrate and polishing the substrate with the pad, optionally, with a polishing medium.

Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of the total moles of hydroxyl and amino moieties in the liquid polyol, small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine to mole of isocyanate in the aromatic diisocyanates or linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer ranges from 1.0:1.0 to 1.15:1.0.

Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of the total moles of hydroxyl and amino moieties in the liquid polyol, small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine to mole of isocyanate in the aromatic diisocyanates or linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer ranges from 1.0:1.0 to 1.15:1.0.

Abstract: A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing comprises a base pad having a top side, and a plurality of protruding structures on the top side of the base pad, each of the protruding structures having a body, where the body has (i) an exterior perimeter surface defining an exterior shape of the protruding structure, (ii) an interior surface defining a central cavity and (iii) a top surface defining an initial polishing surface area, wherein the body further has openings in it from the cavity to the exterior perimeter surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides CMP polishing pads or layers having a unfilled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 57-77 or a filled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 18-50, made from a two-component reaction mixture of (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 18 to 47 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aromatic isocyanate component, and (ii) a liquid polyol component including one or more curatives selected from the group of amines defined by Formulas (I) and (II).

Abstract: A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing can comprise a base pad having a top surface and surface, a plurality of polishing elements each having a top polishing surface and a bottom surface, and wherein each of the plurality of polishing elements is connected to the top surface of the base pad to the polishing element by three or more supports wherein the bottom surface of the polishing element, the top surface of the base pad and the supports define a region comprising at least one void and there are openings between the three or more supports. Such pad can be used in a method by providing a substrate and polishing the substrate with the pad, optionally, with a polishing medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides CMP polishing pads or layers having a Shore DO (15 second) hardness of from 40 to 80 made from a two-component reaction mixture of (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 15 to 36 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, c) from 0 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a liquid aromatic diamine which is a liquid at standard pressure and at 40° C., and d) an amount of water or CO2-amine adduct sufficient to reduce the density of a CMP polishing pad made from the two-component reaction mixture to from 0.2 to 0.50 g/mL, wherein the reaction mixture comprises 60 to 75 wt.

Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of liquid aromatic diamine to the total moles of small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine ranges from 15:85 to 40:60, wherein, the reaction mixture comprises 48 to 68 wt. % hard segment materials.

Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of the total moles of hydroxyl and amino moieties in the liquid polyol, small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine to mole of isocyanate in the aromatic diisocyanates or linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer ranges from 1.0:1.0 to 1.15:1.0.

Abstract: CMP polishing pads or layers made from a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, and (ii) a liquid polyol component comprising a) one or more polymeric polyols, b) from 12 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid polyol component, of a curative mixture of one or more small chain difunctional polyols having from 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a liquid aromatic diamine, wherein the mole ratio of the total moles of hydroxyl and amino moieties in the liquid polyol, small chain difunctional polyols and liquid aromatic diamine to mole of isocyanate in the aromatic diisocyanates or linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer ranges from 1.0:1.0 to 1.15:1.0.

Abstract: The present invention provides CMP polishing pads or layers having a unfilled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 57-77 or a filled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 18-50, made from a two-component reaction mixture of (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 18 to 47 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aromatic isocyanate component, and (ii) a liquid polyol component including one or more curatives selected from the group of amines defined by Formulas (I) and (II).

Abstract: A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing can comprise a base pad having a top surface and surface, a plurality of polishing elements each having a top polishing surface and a bottom surface, and wherein each of the plurality of polishing elements is connected to the top surface of the base pad to the polishing element by three or more supports wherein the bottom surface of the polishing element, the top surface of the base pad and the supports define a region comprising at least one void and there are openings between the three or more supports. Such pad can be used in a method by providing a substrate and polishing the substrate with the pad, optionally, with a polishing medium.

Abstract: A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing comprises a base pad having a top side, and a plurality of protruding structures on the top side of the base pad, each of the protruding structures having a body, where the body has (i) an exterior perimeter surface defining an exterior shape of the protruding structure, (ii) an interior surface defining a central cavity and (iii) a top surface defining an initial polishing surface area, wherein the body further has openings in it from the cavity to the exterior perimeter surface.

Abstract: A two component composition for making chemical mechanical polishing pad for polishing a semiconductor substrate is provided comprising a liquid aromatic isocyanate component having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 15 to 40 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aromatic isocyanate component, such as methylene di(phenylisocyanate) (MDI), a liquid polyol component of a polyol having a polyether backbone and having from 5 to 7 hydroxyl groups per molecule, and a curative of one or more polyamine or diamine, wherein the reaction mixture comprises 50 to 65 wt. % of hard segment materials, based on the total weight of the reaction mixture. The composition when mixed cured to form a polyurethane reaction product. Also provided are CMP polishing pads made from the polyurethane reaction product by spraying the composition into a mold.

Abstract: A two component composition for making chemical mechanical polishing pad for polishing a semiconductor substrate is provided comprising a liquid aromatic isocyanate component having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 15 to 40 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aromatic isocyanate component, such as methylene di(phenylisocyanate) (MDI), a liquid polyol component of a polyol having a polyether backbone and having from 5 to 7 hydroxyl groups per molecule, and a curative of one or more polyamine or diamine, wherein the reaction mixture comprises 50 to 65 wt. % of hard segment materials, based on the total weight of the to reaction mixture. The composition when mixed cured to form a polyurethane reaction product. Also provided are CMP polishing pads made from the polyurethane reaction product by spraying the composition into a mold.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for preparing a carbonized article comprising providing a fabricated polyolefin article; crosslinking the fabricated article with a boron-containing species (BCS); stabilizing the fabricated article by air oxidation; and carbonizing the fabricated article. The present disclosure further describes preparing a stabilized article.

Abstract: In one instance, the present disclosure describes a method for preparing a carbonaceous article comprising: providing a crosslinked polyolefin fabricated article; stabilizing the crosslinked polyolefin fabricated article by air oxidation to provide a stabilized fabricated article; treating with a boron-containing liquid (BCL) during or intermediate to at least one of the preceding steps; and carbonizing the stabilized fabricated article. In one instance the present disclosure describes a method for preparing a stabilized article.