Abstract: A method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of an embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including at least a resin having a polarity that increases due to decomposition by the action of an acid, a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a solvent, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to (III) below, and the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is produced by mixing a first solution including the resin having a polarity that increases by the action of an acid and a first solvent with the one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of the compound (I) to (III).

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-decomposable resin and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, in which the compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation includes one or more selected from the group consisting of a compound (I) to a compound (III), and one or more selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by General Formula (1) and a compound represented by General Formula (2).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, in which the cross-sectional shape of a pattern thus formed has excellent rectangularity and a dimensional variation of the line width of the pattern thus formed hardly occurs even over time after preparation. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin having a polarity that increases through decomposition by an action of an acid, a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a halogen-based solvent, in which a content of the halogen-based solvent is from 1 ppb by mass to 50 ppm by mass with respect to a total mass of the composition.

Abstract: Provided are an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which contains (A) a photoacid generator that generates an acid having a pKa of ?1.40 or more upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and (B) a resin having a repeating unit containing an acid-decomposable group, in which an Eth sensitivity of the repeating unit containing an acid-decomposable group is 5.64 or less, and which can provide very excellent roughness performance, exposure latitude, and depth of focus, particularly, in the formation of an ultrafine pattern; a photoacid generator; and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator A that generates an acid represented by General Formula (I), the acid having a pKa of ?1.00 or more; one or more selected from the group consisting of a photoacid generator B that generates an acid having a pKa larger than that of an acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more, and a nitrogen-containing compound C having a pKa of a conjugate acid thereof larger than that of the acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more; and an acid-decomposable resin, in which in a case where the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator D that generates an acid having a pKa of less than ?1.00, a ratio of the number of moles of the photoacid generator A to the number of moles of the photoacid generator D in the composition, is 1.0 or more.

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic device includes the pattern forming method, and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition for organic solvent development. Specifically, provided is a pattern forming method, including a film forming step of forming a film by an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, an exposure step of irradiating the film, and a development step of developing the film using a developer containing an organic solvent, in which the composition contains a resin containing a repeating unit having an Si atom and a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group and a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, the content of Si atoms in the resin is 1.0 to 30 mass %, and the content of the resin in the total solid content of the composition is 20 mass % or more.

Abstract: An active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a basic compound (A) corresponding to at least one of the following basic compound (A1) or (A2): (A1) a nonionic compound having an alicyclic structure (a1) and a basic site (b2) at a site different from the alicyclic structure within one molecule, or (A2) a nonionic compound having a heterocyclic structure (a2) having no basicity and a basic site (b2) at a site different from the heterocyclic structure within one molecule.

Abstract: Provided are an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which contains (A) a photoacid generator that generates an acid having a pKa of ?1.40 or more upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and (B) a resin having a repeating unit containing an acid-decomposable group, in which an Eth sensitivity of the repeating unit containing an acid-decomposable group is 5.64 or less, and which can provide very excellent roughness performance, exposure latitude, and depth of focus, particularly, in the formation of an ultrafine pattern; a photoacid generator; and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a compound that generates an acid represented by Formula (I) by irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and a resin. The resist film is formed of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. In the pattern forming method and the method of manufacturing an electronic device, the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is used.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition having excellent collapse performance, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film formed using the composition, a pattern forming method using the composition, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, including the pattern forming method. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin whose solubility with respect to a developer changes by the action of an acid, in which the resin includes a repeating unit derived from a monomer having at least one of a lactone structure or an amide structure, and the dissolution parameter of the monomer is 24.0 or more.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition having high DOF and low LWR; a pattern forming method using the composition; and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin P and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with active light or radiation, in which the resin P has a repeating unit p1 and a repeating unit p2 represented by specific formulae, and the repeating unit p2 does not have a group in which a hydroxy group of a hydroxyadamantyl group is protected with a group that decomposes by the action of an acid to leave.

Abstract: Provided are a pattern forming method including (1) a step of forming a resist underlayer film on a substrate to be processed, (2) a step of forming a resist film on the resist underlayer film, using a resist composition containing (A) a resin having a repeating unit containing a Si atom, and (B) a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, (3) a step of exposing the resist film, (4) a step of developing the exposed resist film using a developer including an organic solvent, thereby forming a negative tone resist pattern, and (5) a step of processing the resist underlayer film and the substrate to be processed, using the resist pattern as a mask, thereby forming a pattern, in which the content of the resin (A) is 20% by mass or more with respect to the total solid content of the resist composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pattern forming method including: forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition that includes a (A) resin which has an increase in the polarity by the action of an acid, and thus, has a decrease in the solubility in a developer containing an organic solvent, a (B) compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with specific actinic ray or radiation, and a (C) solvent, exposing the film, and developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent, in which the resin (A) has a structure in which a polar group is protected with a leaving group which decomposes to leave by the action of an acid, and the leaving group is a group represented by the following General Formula (I).

Abstract: A method for producing an electronic device includes the pattern forming method, and an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition for organic solvent development. Specifically, provided is a pattern forming method, including a film forming step of forming a film by an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, an exposure step of irradiating the film, and a development step of developing the film using a developer containing an organic solvent, in which the composition contains a resin containing a repeating unit having an Si atom and a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group and a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, the content of Si atoms in the resin is 1.0 to 30 mass %, and the content of the resin in the total solid content of the composition is 20 mass % or more.

Abstract: The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a resin (P) including a repeating unit (i) having a group which decomposes by the action of an acid represented by the following General Formula (1), a pattern forming method using the composition, a method for manufacturing an electronic device, and an electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method for forming a negative tone pattern in which DOF of a resist composition used is high and shrinkage of a film in post exposure bake is suppressed; a method for manufacturing an electronic device including the pattern forming method; and an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method for forming a negative tone pattern in which shrinkage of a film in post exposure bake is suppressed; a method for manufacturing an electronic device including the pattern forming method; and an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition having high DOF and low LWR; a pattern forming method using the composition; and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin P and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with active light or radiation, in which the resin P has a repeating unit p1 and a repeating unit p2 represented by specific formulae, and the repeating unit p2 does not have a group in which a hydroxy group of a hydroxyadamantyl group is protected with a group that decomposes by the action of an acid to leave.

Abstract: A pattern forming method includes (A) a step of forming a first resist film on a substrate by using a first resist composition, (B) a step of exposing the first resist film, (C) a step of forming a first pattern by developing the exposed first resist film, (D) a step of forming a planarization layer on the substrate provided with the first pattern by using composition for forming a planarization layer (a), (E) a step of forming a second resist film on the planarization layer by using a second resist composition, (F) a step of exposing the second resist film, and (G) a step of forming a second pattern by developing the exposed second resist film in this order, in which the first pattern is insoluble in the composition for forming the planarization layer (a), and a method for manufacturing an electronic device using the pattern forming method.

Abstract: An active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a basic compound (A) corresponding to at least one of the following basic compound (A1) or (A2): (A1) a nonionic compound having an alicyclic structure (a1) and a basic site (b2) at a site different from the alicyclic structure within one molecule, or (A2) a nonionic compound having a heterocyclic structure (a2) having no basicity and a basic site (b2) at a site different from the heterocyclic structure within one molecule.