Abstract: A compound for forming a metal-containing film to be contained in a composition for forming a metal-containing film used in manufacturing a semiconductor, where the compound for forming a metal-containing film is represented by the following general formula (M-1) or (M-2). This provides: a compound for forming a metal-containing film having better dry etching resistance than conventional resist underlayer film materials and also having high filling and planarizing properties; a composition for forming a metal-containing film containing the compound; a patterning process in which the composition is used as a resist underlayer film material; a patterning process in which the composition is used as a resist material; and a semiconductor photoresist material containing the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for forming an adhesive film that provides an adhesive film that yields good pattern profiles and has high adhesion to a resist upper layer film to prevent collapse of fine patterns in a fine patterning process during semiconductor apparatus manufacturing processes, as well as a patterning process using the composition and a method for forming an adhesive film using the composition. As such, provided is a composition for forming an adhesive film directly under a resist upper layer film. The composition includes: (A) a polymer containing a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (1) and a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (2); and (B) an organic solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pattern forming method using an adhesion film forming composition comprising (A) a polymer compound, (B) a thermal acid generator, and (C) an organic solvent includes steps of: (I-1) applying the adhesion film forming composition onto a substrate to be processed and thereafter performing thermal treatment to form an adhesion film; (I-2) forming a resist upper layer film on the adhesion film using a resist upper layer film forming composition; (I-3) performing pattern exposure on the resist upper layer film and thereafter developing the resist upper layer film with a developer to form a circuit pattern on the resist upper layer film; and (I-4) transferring a pattern to the adhesion film and the substrate to be processed by dry etching with the resist upper layer film on which the circuit pattern is formed as a mask.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film, including: a compound for forming an organic film shown by the following general formula (1A); and an organic solvent, where W1 represents a tetravalent organic group, n1 an integer of 0 or 1, n2 an integer of 1 to 3, and R1 an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. A compound for forming an organic film is cured not only under air, but also under film formation conditions of inert gas, and forms an organic film having not only excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed on a substrate, but also favorable adhesion to a substrate, and a material for forming an organic film containing the compound, and a substrate for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the material, a method for forming an organic film using the material, and a patterning process using the material.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film, including: a polymer having a structure shown by the following general formula (1A) as a partial structure; and an organic solvent, where in the general formula (1A), W1 represents a tetravalent organic group, W2 represents a single bond or a linking group shown by the following formula (1B), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n1 represents an integer of 0 or 1, and n2 and n3 satisfy 0?n2?6,0?n3?6, and 1?n2+n3?6, and where R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and the organic group R2 and the organic group R3 optionally bond to each other within a molecule to form a cyclic organic group.

Abstract: A resist composition comprising a hypervalent iodine compound having at least two acyloxy groups, a carboxylic acid, and a solvent is provided. When processed by lithography using high-energy radiation, the resist composition exhibits a high sensitivity and resolution.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a protective film using a polymer having an imide group: that is cured under a film-forming condition not only in the air but in an inert gas; that can form a protective film having excellent heat resistance, embedding and planarization ability for a pattern formed on a substrate, and good adhesiveness to the substrate; and that can form a protective film having excellent resistance against an alkaline aqueous hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a compound containing an imide group which is not only cured under film formation conditions of inert gas as well as air, generates no by-product and has excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed on a substrate, but can also form an organic underlayer film with favorable adhesion to a substrate.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film using a polymer including an imide group for forming an organic underlayer film that cures under film-forming conditions in the air and in an inert gas, generates no by-product in heat resistance and embedding and flattening characteristics of a pattern formed on a substrate, also adhesiveness to a substrate for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, a method for forming an organic film, and a patterning process. The material includes (A) a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1A) whose terminal group is a group represented by either of the following general formulae (1B) or (1C), and (B) an organic solvent: wherein, W1 represents a tetravalent organic group, and W2 represents a divalent organic group: wherein, R1 represents any of the groups represented by the following formula (1D), and two or more of R1s may be used in combination.

Abstract: A composition for forming an organic film contains a polymer having a partial structure shown by the following general formula (1) as a repeating unit, and an organic solvent. Each of AR1 and AR2 represents a benzene ring or naphthalene ring which optionally have a substituent; W1 represents a particular partial structure having a triple bond, and the polymer optionally contains two or more kinds of W1; and W2 represents a divalent organic group having 6 to 80 carbon atoms and at least one aromatic ring. This invention provides: a polymer curable even under film formation conditions in an inert gas and capable of forming an organic film which has not only excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed in a substrate, but also favorable film formability onto a substrate with less sublimation product; and a composition for forming an organic film, containing the polymer.

Abstract: A resist composition is provided comprising (A) a metal compound having formula (A-1), a hydrolysate or hydrolytic condensate thereof, or the reaction product of the metal compound, hydrolysate or hydrolytic condensate thereof with a di- or trihydric alcohol having formula (A-2), and (B) a sensitizer containing a compound having formula (B-1). The resist composition is adapted to change a solubility in developer upon exposure to high-energy radiation, has high resolution and sensitivity, and forms a pattern of good profile with minimal edge roughness after exposure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a compound containing an imide group which is not only cured under film formation conditions of inert gas as well as air and has excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed on a substrate, but can also form an organic underlayer film with favorable adhesion to a substrate, and a material for forming an organic film containing the compound.

Abstract: A thermosetting silicon-containing compound contains one or more of structural units shown by the following general formulae (Sx-1), (Sx-2), and (Sx-3): where R1 represents a monovalent organic group containing both a phenyl group optionally having a substituent and a non-aromatic ring having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and R2, R3 each represent the R1 or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms. Thus, the present invention provides a thermosetting silicon-containing compound usable in a silicon-containing resist underlayer film material capable of achieving contradictory properties of having both alkaline developer resistance and improved solubility in an alkaline stripping liquid containing no hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film contains (A) a polymer having a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (1), and (B) an organic solvent. In the general formula (1), AR1, AR2, AR3, and AR4 each represent a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring; W1 represents a tetravalent organic group having 6 to 70 carbon atoms and at least one or more aromatic rings; and W2 represents a divalent organic group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms. An object of the present invention is to provide: a material for forming an organic film to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance without impairing the resin-derived carbon content; a patterning process using this material; and a polymer suitable for such a material for forming an organic film.

Abstract: A material for forming organic film contains (A) compound shown by general formula (1) and/or polymer having repeating unit shown by general formula (4), and (B) organic solvent. In formula (1), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, and AR6 each represent benzene ring or naphthalene ring; R1 represents any group shown in following formula (2); “n” represents integer of 1 or 2; and W represents divalent organic group having 2-50 carbon atoms. In formula (4), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, AR6, R1, “n”, and W are as defined above; and R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen atom or organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms, and optionally bond to each other within molecule to form cyclic organic group. An object provides a material for forming organic film to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance without impairing resin-derived carbon content; and compound and polymer suitable for material for forming organic film.

Abstract: A compound including two or more partial structures shown by the following general formula (1-1) in the molecule, wherein each Ar independently represents an aromatic ring optionally having a substituent or an aromatic ring that contains at least one nitrogen atom optionally having a substituent, and two Ars are optionally bonded with each other to form a ring structure; the broken line represents a bond with an organic group; B represents an anionic leaving group that is capable of forming a reactive cation due to effect of either or both of heat and acid. This provides a compound that is capable of curing under the film forming conditions in air or an inert gas without forming byproducts, and forming an organic under layer film that has good dry etching durability during substrate processing not only excellent characteristics of gap filling and planarizing a pattern formed on a substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides: a dihydroxynaphthalene condensate which suppresses soft particle generation and is suitably usable for a composition excellent in filterability; and a method for producing the dihydroxynaphthalene condensate. In the method for producing a dihydroxynaphthalene condensate, dihydroxynaphthalene to be used has a sulfur element content of 100 ppm or less in terms of mass among constituent elements. The dihydroxynaphthalene and a condensation agent are condensed in presence of an acid or a base to produce the dihydroxynaphthalene condensate.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film, including: a compound for forming an organic film shown by the following general formula (1A); and an organic solvent, where W1 represents a tetravalent organic group, n1 an integer of 0 or 1, n2 an integer of 1 to 3, and R1 an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. A compound for forming an organic film is cured not only under air, but also under film formation conditions of inert gas, and forms an organic film having not only excellent heat resistance and properties of filling and planarizing a pattern formed on a substrate, but also favorable adhesion to a substrate, and a material for forming an organic film containing the compound, and a substrate for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the material, a method for forming an organic film using the material, and a patterning process using the material.

Abstract: A material for forming an organic film, including: a polymer having a structure shown by the following general formula (1A) as a partial structure; and an organic solvent, where in the general formula (1A), W1 represents a tetravalent organic group, W2 represents a single bond or a linking group shown by the following formula (1B), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n1 represents an integer of 0 or 1, and n2 and n3 satisfy 0?n2?6, 0?n3?6, and 1?n2+n3?6, and where R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and the organic group R2 and the organic group R3 optionally bond to each other within a molecule to form a cyclic organic group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for forming an organic film, containing a polymer compound having one or more of repeating units shown by the general formulae (1) to (4) and an organic solvent containing one or more compounds selected from propylene glycol esters, ketones, and lactones, with a total concentration of more than 30 wt % with respect to the whole organic solvent. There can be provided a composition capable of forming an organic film that can be easily removed, together with a silicon residue modified by dry etching, in a wet manner with a removing liquid harmless to a semiconductor apparatus substrate and an organic resist underlayer film required in the patterning process, for example, an ammonia aqueous solution containing hydrogen peroxide called SC1, which is commonly used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.