Abstract: A method for cleaning a substrate, includes supplying to a substrate having a hydrophilic surface a film-forming processing liquid which includes a volatile component and forms a film on the substrate, vaporizing the volatile component in the film-forming processing liquid such that the film-forming processing liquid solidifies or cures on the substrate and forms a processing film on the hydrophilic surface of the substrate, and supplying to the substrate having the processing film a strip-processing liquid for stripping the processing film from the substrate.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a substrate includes supplying to a substrate a film-forming processing liquid which includes a volatile component and forms a film on the substrate, vaporizing the volatile component in the film-forming processing liquid such that the film-forming processing liquid solidifies or cures on the substrate and forms a processing film on the substrate, supplying to the substrate having the processing film a strip-processing liquid which strips the processing film from the substrate, and supplying to the processing film formed on the substrate a dissolving-processing liquid which dissolves the processing film after the supplying of the strip-processing liquid.

Abstract: A photoresist pattern used for forming a pattern of a block copolymer is formed on a substrate, and then an acid solution is supplied and an alkaline solution is further supplied to the photoresist pattern so as to slim and smooth the photoresist pattern. A block copolymer solution is applied to the substrate on which the smoothed photoresist pattern has been formed, to form a film of the block copolymer, and the film is heated.

Abstract: The present invention is a pattern forming method of forming a pattern on a substrate using a block copolymer, the pattern forming method including the steps of: forming a film of a block copolymer containing at least two kinds of polymers on the substrate; heating the film of the block copolymer; irradiating the heated film of the block copolymer with ultraviolet light in an atmosphere of an inert gas; and supplying an organic solvent to the film of the block copolymer irradiated with the ultraviolet light.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal processing apparatus and method that can acquire a high throughput and reduce the occupation area of the thermal processing apparatus. A wafer is heated by an LED module that irradiates infrared light corresponding to the absorption wavelength of the wafer, and therefore, the wafer can be rapidly heated. Since an LED is used as a heat source and a temperature rise of LED is small, a cooling process after the heating process can be performed in the same process area as the heating process area. As a result, an installation area of the thermal processing apparatus can be reduced. Since the time for moving between a heating process area and a cooling process area can be saved, a time required for a series of processes including the heating process and the subsequent cooling process can be shortened, thereby improving a throughput.

Abstract: A spin chuck rotatably holds a semiconductor wafer, while resist is dropped on a surface of the semiconductor wafer through a resist application nozzle and thus applied thereon, and before the resist applied on the wafer dries, a cleaning liquid is supplied through a bevel cleaning nozzle to a portion of the wafer located at a peripheral portion thereof in a vicinity of a beveled portion to remove the resist adhering to the beveled portion. Thereafter, a film of the resist that is formed on the surface of the wafer is dried.

Abstract: To improve the etch resistance of a resist pattern corresponding to an exposure light source with a short wavelength. After a resist film on a substrate is exposed to light and developed to form a resist pattern, a treatment step of supplying a fluorine-based liquid to the surface of the resist pattern is performed. Thereafter, an etching treatment of a base film using the resist pattern as a mask is performed. This increases the density of fluorine molecules on the surface of the resist pattern before the etching treatment to improve the etch resistance of the resist pattern.

Abstract: A substrate treatment method which includes a developing step of developing a resist film on a substrate to form a resist pattern on the substrate, and thereafter includes an etching step of etching a base film using the resist pattern as a mask. The substrate treatment method, between the developing step and the etching step, supplies a fluorine-based liquid to the resist pattern to form a protection film with a high fluorine density on a surface of the resist pattern.

Abstract: To improve the etch resistance of a resist pattern corresponding to an exposure light source with a short wavelength. After a resist film on a substrate is exposed to light and developed to form a resist pattern, a treatment step of supplying a fluorine-based liquid to the surface of the resist pattern is performed. Thereafter, an etching treatment of a base film using the resist pattern as a mask is performed. This increases the density of fluorine molecules on the surface of the resist pattern before the etching treatment to improve the etch resistance of the resist pattern.

Abstract: A spin chuck rotatably holds a semiconductor wafer, while resist is dropped on a surface of the semiconductor wafer through a resist application nozzle and thus applied thereon, and before the resist applied on the wafer dries, a cleaning liquid is supplied through a bevel cleaning nozzle to a portion of the wafer located at a peripheral portion thereof in a vicinity of a beveled portion to remove the resist adhering to the beveled portion. Thereafter, a film of the resist that is formed on the surface of the wafer is dried.

Abstract: In the present invention, a substrate processing method, in which a developing treatment is performed after exposure processing of a pattern, includes a shaping step of shaping the shape of a resist pattern such that a side wall portion of the resist pattern after the developing treatment swells out to a groove side and a swell-out portion swelling out to the groove side and concavely curving with respect to the groove side is formed at a corner portion of a bottom of the resist pattern. According to the present invention, the side wall portion is made to swell out to improve the striation of the resist pattern, resulting in a preferable shape of a pattern after etching treatment.