Abstract: A slurry for chemical mechanical polishing, which contains polishing particles comprising colloidal particles whose primary particles have a diameter ranging from 5 to 30 nm, wherein the degree of association of the primary particles is 5 or less. This slurry for chemical mechanical polishing makes it possible to minimize the erosion and scratching on the occasion when a conductive material film is subjected to a CMP treatment.

Abstract: Slurry compositions comprising an oxidizing agent, copper corrosion inhibitor, abrasive particles; surface active agent and polyelectrolyte are useful for polishing or planarizing chip interconnect/wiring material such as Al, W and especially Cu.

Abstract: The present invention provides an LSI device polishing composition containing water, abrasive grains, an organic acid, and an oxidizing agent, and having a pH of 5.5-10.0 adjusted by an alkaline substance, the LSI device polishing composition being used for polishing a copper-containing metal wiring layer in which copper is deposited on an insulating film via barrier metal formed of Ta or TaN; and a method for producing LSI devices by use of the polishing composition. During polishing of a barrier metal such as Ta or TaN and a copper wiring layer, the rate of polishing Ta or TaN can be enhanced, to thereby prevent dishing and erosion.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry. The slurry is comprised of one or more ferrocenium salts that is or are reduced, during use, to ferrocene. The slurry also includes an abrasive and a concentration of hydronium ions effective to impart a pH of less than 7.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing which can be polished working film for semiconductor devices and which is useful for STI. The aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing of the invention is characterized by comprising an inorganic abrasive such as silica, ceria and the like, and organic particles composed of a resin having anionic group such as carboxyl group into the molecular chains. The removal rate for silicon oxide film is at least 5 times, particularly 10 times the removal rate for silicon nitride film. The aqueous dispersion may also contain an anionic surfactant such as potassium dodecylbenzene sulfonate and the like. And a base may also be included in the aqueous dispersion for adjustment og the pH to further enhance the dispersability, removal rate and selectivity.

Abstract: A polishing slurry having a high polishing rate is provided. A polishing slurry comprising water, fumed silica having an average primary particle size of 9 to 60 nm and spherical silica having an average primary particle size of 40 to 600 nm excluding the fumed silica, wherein a content of the whole silicas obtained by totaling the fumed silica and the spherical silica falls in a range of 1 to 40% by weight, and a process for polishing a semiconductor device using the polishing slurry described above.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provides an aqueous CMP dispersion with an adequately high initial removal rate, and which, even after repeated polishing, exhibits at least one, and preferably two or more, of the following functions and effects; (1) reduction of performance of polishing pads is suppressed and an adequate removal rate is maintained, (2) generation of pits on polishing surfaces is inhibited, and (3) uneven sections on polishing surfaces are flattened, and satisfactory finished surfaces can be formed with high precision. The aqueous CMP dispersion comprises an abrasive, an organic compound and water. The organic compound with an effect of suppressing reduction of performance of polishing pads may be biphenol, bipyridyl, vinylpyridine, adenine or the like. The organic compound with an effect of inhibiting generation of pits on polishing surfaces may be biphenol, bipyridyl, vinylpyridine, hypoxanthine or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to buffer systems in the form of solutions or salts for preparing suspensions which can be used for chemomechanical polishing. In particular, these buffer systems can be used for preparing suspensions having a high pH of 9.5-13 which are used for the chemomechanical polishing of Si and metal surfaces of semiconductors, known as wafers.

Abstract: The present invention provides an abrasive composition for polishing magnetic recording disk substrates that results in a low surface roughness of the magnetic recording disk, allows the attaining of high-density recording without the occurrence of protrusions or polishing scratches, and enables polishing to be performed at an economical speed. The present invention discloses an abrasive composition for polishing magnetic recording disk substrates comprising water, silicon dioxide, antigelling agent, aluminum nitrate and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: A dry particulate solids composition is provided which may be reconstituted into a chemical-mechanical polishing slurry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an abrasive composition for substrates of magnetic recording media, containing at least an abrasive, an abrasive auxiliary and water. The abrasive auxiliary comprises an aliphatic organic sulfate, an oxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfate or an amphoteric surface active agent, and the abrasive composition has a pH of 1 to 13.

Abstract: Non-spherical silica particles having nodular morphology for use as an abrasive media in chemical mechanical polishing are disclosed. Also disclosed are aqueous slurries of monodispersed non-spherical nodular shaped particles having mean effective diameters between about 100 and 300 nanometers for chemical mechanical polishing. In addition aqueous slurries for the chemical mechanical polishing and planarization of oxide dielectric, metal, and metal/metallic compound interlayers of integrated circuits are disclosed.

Abstract: Copper metalization is planarized by CMP employing a slurry which avoids scratching the copper surface and is highly selective to the underlying barrier layer. Embodiments include CMP a copper filled damascene opening using a slurry comprising about 0.2 to about 0.7 wt. % Al2O3 and about 0.2 to about 2 wt. % oxalic acid to achieve a RMS no greater than about 10 Å.

Abstract: A polishing composition for a memory hard disk, which comprises at least the following components (a) to (d): (a) from 0.1 to 50 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide, (b) from 0.001 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one periodate selected from the group consisting of periodic acid, potassium periodate, sodium periodate and lithium periodate, (c) a buffer component to adjust the pH of the polishing composition to a range of from 2 to 5, and (d) water.

Abstract: A composition is provided in the present invention for polishing a composite composite semiconductor structure containing a metal layer (such as tungsten, aluminum, or copper), a barrier layer (such as tantalum, tantalum nitride, titanium, or titanium nitride), and an insulating layer (such as SiO2). The composition comprises an aqueous medium, an abrasive, an oxidant, an organic polymer that attenuates removal of the oxide film having a degree of polymerization of at least 5 and having a plurality of moieties having affinity to surface groups contained on silicon dioxide surfaces. The composition may optionally comprise a complexing agent and/or a dispersant.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing slurry comprising an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, an abrasive, and an optional surfactant, as well as a method for using the chemical mechanical polishing slurry to remove copper alloy, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum and tantalum nitride containing layers from a substrate. The slurry does not include a separate film-forming agent.

Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing that can limit scratches of a specific size to a specific number, even with interlayer insulating films with small elastic moduli (silsesquioxane, fluorine-containing SiO2, polyimide-based resins, and the like.). When using the aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing of an interlayer insulating film with an elastic modulus of no greater than 20 GPa as measured by the nanoindentation method, the number of scratches with a maximum length of 1 &mgr;m or greater is an average of no more than 5 per unit area of 0.01 mm of the polishing surface. An aqueous dispersion for CMP or an aqueous dispersion for interlayer insulating film CMP according to another aspect of the invention contains a scratch inhibitor agent and an abrasive. The scratch inhibitor may be biphenol, bipyridyl, 2-vinylpyridine, salicylaldoxime, o-phenylenediamine, catechol, 7-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,3,4-triazaindolizine, and the like.

Abstract: A polishing composition for a memory hard disk, which comprises at least the following components (a) to (d): (a) from 0.1 to 50 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide, (b) from 0.001 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one periodate selected from the group consisting of periodic acid, potassium periodate, sodium periodate and lithium periodate, (c) from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one peroxydisulfate salt selected from the group consisting of ammonium peroxydisulfate, potassium peroxydisulfate and sodium peroxydisulfate, and (d) water, and which has a pH of from 2 to 7.

Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing slurry made by mixing a ferric salt oxidizer with a solution to produce a mixture with a dissolved ferric salt oxidizer, filtering the mixture to remove most preexisting particles therein that exceed a selected particle size, adding a suspension agent to the mixture, and adding abrasive particles to the mixture after filtering the mixture. Advantageously, when polishing occurs, scratching by the preexisting particles is dramatically reduced.

Abstract: Polishing compositions are described that are appropriate for fine polishing to very low tolerances. The polishing compositions include particles with small diameters with very narrow distributions in size and effectively no particles with diameters several times larger than the average diameter. Furthermore, the particles generally have very high uniformity with respect to having a single crystalline phase. Preferred particles have an average diameter less than about 200 nm. Laser pyrolysis processes are described for the production of the appropriate particles including metal oxides, metal carbides, metal sulfides, SiO2 and SiC.

Abstract: A planarization composition is set forth for chemical mechanical planarization of dielectric layers for semiconductor manufacture. The composition comprises spherical silica particles having an average diameter of from 30 nm to about 400 nm, and a narrow range of particle sizes, wherein about 90% of the particles is within 20% of the average particle diameter. The composition includes a liquid carrier comprising up to about 9% alcohol and an amine hydroxide in the amount of about 0.2 to about 9% by weight. The pH of the composition is in the range of about 9 to about 11.5, and the remainder of the solution is water. The composition has low amounts of metal ions, and the composition is used for thinning, polishing and planarizing interlayer dielectric thin films, shallow trench isolation structures, and isolation of gate structures. The invention also comprises methods for using the planarization composition in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous dispersion for CMP with an excellent balance between chemical etching and mechanical polishing performance. The aqueous dispersion for CMP of the invention is characterized by comprising an abrasive, water and a heteropolyacid. Another aqueous dispersion for CMP according to the invention is characterized by comprising an abrasive, water, a heteropolyacid and an organic acid. Yet another aqueous dispersion for CMP according to the invention is characterized by comprising colloidal silica with a primary particle size of 5-100 nm, water and a heteropolyacid. Preferred for the heteropolyacid is at least one type selected from among silicomolybdic acid, phosphorotungstic acid, silicotungstic acid, phosphoromolybdic acid and silicotungstomolybdic acid. Preferred for the organic acid is at least one selected from among oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, phthalic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid.

Abstract: Object: To provide a polishing composition which is capable of polishing a tantalum-containing compound at a high stock removal rate and whereby the copper surface after polishing is scarcely corroded, and to provide a polishing process where dishing can be minimized. Means to accomplish the object: A polishing composition comprising an abrasive, oxalic acid, an ethylenediamine derivative, a benzotriazole derivative and water and not containing an oxidizing agent, and a polishing composition comprising an abrasive, oxalic acid, an ethylenediamine derivative, a benzotriazole derivative, water and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: A slurry composition enhances the removal of polish-resistant surface moieties from the surface of a semiconductor wafer during chemical-mechanical polishing. The slurry composition is a mixture including a solvent, a plurality of abrasive particles, and a chelating agent. The abrasive particles abrade the surface of the wafer to remove surface moieties and underlying material. The chelating agent is selected to react with polish-resistant surface moieties on the surface of the wafer surface, to thereby render the surface moieties easier to remove from the surface layer with substantially non-aggressive chemical-mechanical polishing techniques. In operation, the surface moieties and the underlying bulk material are removed by a combination of the chemical effects of the chelating agent and the mechanical effects of the abrasive particles.

Abstract: A polishing compound in the form of a dispersion containing silicon oxide particles having an average diameter of 8 to 500 manometers and at least one kind of metal compound particles having an average diameter of 10 to 3000 nanometers and selected from metal oxides, metal nitrides and metal carbides. The concentration of silicon oxide particles is 1 to 15 wt. %. The concentration of silicon oxide particles is 0.1 to 10 wt. %. The pH of the dispersion is 8.3 to 11.5, and is buffered by the addition of a buffering combination composed of weak acid and/or weak base, wherein the logarithms of reciprocal number of acid dissociation constant at 25° C. of the weak acid and/or weak base is 8.0 to 12.5.

Abstract: A composition for chemical mechanical polishing that includes a slurry is described. A sufficient amount of a selectively oxidizing and reducing compound is provided to produce a differential removal of a metal and a dielectric material. A pH adjusting compound adjusts the pH of the composition to provide a pH that makes the selectively oxidizing and reducing compound provide the differential removal of a metal and a dielectric material. A composition may include an effective amount of an hydroxylamine compound, ammonium persulfate, a compound which is an indirect source of hydrogen peroxide, and a peracetic acid or periodic acid. A method for chemical mechanical polishing is described which includes applying a slurry that includes the composition to a surface to produce mechanical removal of the metal and dielectric material.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for preparing a metal oxide CMP slurry suitable for semiconductor devices, wherein a mixture comprising 1 to 50 weight % of a metal oxide and 50 to 99 weight % of water is mixed in a pre-mixing tank, transferred to a dispersion chamber with the aid of a transfer pump, allowed to have a flow rate of not less than 100 m/sec by pressurization with a high pressure pump, and subjected to counter collision for dispersion through two orifices in the dispersion chamber. The slurry has particles which are narrow in particle size distribution, showing an ultrafine size ranging from 30 to 500 nm. Also, the slurry is not polluted at all during its preparation and shows no tailing phenomena, so that it is preventive of &mgr;-scratching. Therefore, it can be used in the planarization for shallow trench isolation, interlayer dielectrics and inter metal dielectrics through a CMP process.

Abstract: A polishing composition for a magnetic disk substrate to be used for a memory hard disk, which comprises: (a) colloidal silica as an abrasive in an amount within a range of from 0.1 to 35 wt % based on the total weight of the composition; (b) iron nitrate as a polishing accelerator in an amount within a range of from 0.04 to 2.2 wt % based on the total weight of the composition; (c) citric acid as a stabilizer in an amount within a range of from 0.4 to 22 wt % based on the total weight of the composition; (d) hydrogen peroxide as a polishing acceleration assistant in an amount within a range of from 0.155 to 9.3 wt % based on the total weight of the composition; and (e) water.

Abstract: A self-cleaning automotive head lamp, wherein the inner surface of the lens has applied to it an amphiphilic coating containing a photocatalyst.

Abstract: A composition for polishing magnetic disk substrates having an Ni—P plating, comprising water, silicon oxide, a metal coordination compound, and an oxidizing agent. The composition may further contain a pH adjusting agent.

Abstract: A polishing-material composition, for polishing of LSI devices, which is a polishing-material composition comprising water and cerium oxide which has been surface-treated with a coupling agent, wherein the maximum value is no greater than about 5 &mgr;m and the average value is about 0.01-1.0 &mgr;m in the secondary particle size distribution of the cerium oxide. Also, a polishing method for LSI devices which employs the polishing-material composition.

Abstract: The polishing slurry includes polishing particles having a mean particle diameter of less than about 5 &mgr;m. The slurry contains at least about 0.5 weight percent oxidizer selected from at least one of the group consisting of HNO3, Ni(NO3)2, Al(NO3)3, Mg(NO3)2, Zn(NO3)2 and NH4NO3. A small but effective amount of a co-oxidizer selected from the group consisting of perbromates, perchlorates, periodates, persulfates, permanganates and ferric nitrate accelerates removal of substrates; and water forms the balance of the aqueous slurry.

Abstract: A slurry and CMP process to polish a noble metal surface is provided. The slurry and polishing process are used to form a damascene, or dual damascene noble metal inlay. Such as inlay is useful is forming an integrated circuit ferroelectric capacitor electrode. The slurry includes a halogen, such as bromine, in a basic aqueous solution to chemically react with the noble metal. With an abrasive added, the slurry is used to polish and remove noble metals from a wafer surface during a CMP process.

Abstract: A abrasive for metal comprising particle having a functional group capable of trapping a metal ion, a process for producing the abrasive, and a polishing composition comprising the abrasive, an oxidizing agent and water, are provided.

Abstract: A polishing composition comprising silica particles, water, and Fe salt and/or Al salt of a polyaminocarboxylic acid; a polishing process comprising applying the polishing composition; a process for manufacturing a magnetic disk substrate, comprising the step of polishing a substrate with the polishing composition; a magnetic disk substrate manufactured by applying the polishing composition.

Abstract: Polishing compositions with phosphoric ester added to a suspension containing abrasive particles can have an improved ability to have the abrasive particles dispersed again after they are left for an extended period of time such that the particles may have condensed into aggregates. Those with abrasive particles such as diamond powder dispersed in an aqueous solution containing a glycol compound, metallic salt of a higher aliphatic acid and phosphoric ester have an improved polishing ability.

Abstract: A polishing composition for a memory hard disk, which comprises the following components (a) to (d): (a) from 0.1 to 50 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide, (b) from 0.001 to 10 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one iron salt selected from the group consisting of iron nitrate, iron sulfate, ammonium iron sulfate, iron perchlorate, iron chloride, iron citrate, ammonium iron titrate, iron oxalate, ammonium iron oxalate and an iron chelate complex salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, (c) from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one peroxydisulfate salt selected from the group consisting of ammonium peroxydisulfate, potassium peroxydisulfate and sodium peroxydisulfate, and (d) water.

Abstract: A hybrid slurry mixture that polishes substrates' surfaces. The hybrid slurry includes, by weight percent, 1 to 30 primary polishing particles, 1 to 50 dispersed colloidal particles, 1 to 40 oxidizer and balance water. The primary polishing particles are metal compounds selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrides, carbides and borides. The primary polishing particles have a particle size from about 0.1 to 2 &mgr;m mean diameter. The dispersed colloidal particles are at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of alumina and silica. The dispersed colloidal particles have a particle size from about 2 to 500 nm mean diameter.

Abstract: The multistage process for the chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) of Cu commences with forming a primary aqueous or non-aqueous (e.g., using alcohols and ketones as non-aqueous carriers) slurry from (i) between about 0 and 7 wt-% of an oxidizer, (ii) between 0 and 7 wt-% of a chelating agent, (iii) between about 0 and 5 wt-% of a surfactant, (iv) between about 0.001 and 5 wt-% diamond particles having an average particle size not substantially above about 0.4 &mgr;, and (v) an amount of a pH adjustment agent so that the aqueous slurry has a pH of between about 3 and 10, and advantageously about 5). The Cu of the semiconductor wafer then is subjected to CMP using the primary aqueous slurry and then is subjected to a cleaning operation. Next, a secondary aqueous slurry from (i) between about 0 and 5 wt-% of an a hydroxyl amine compound, (ii) between about 0 and 7 wt-% of a chelating agent, (iii) between about 0 and 5 wt-% of a surfactant, (iv) between about 0.

Abstract: CMP processes and products employ aluminas comprising alpha alumina particles having a particle width of less than 50 nanometers and a surface area of at least 50 m2/gm.

Abstract: A polishing composition for polishing a memory hard disk, which comprises the following components (a) to (d): (a) from 0.1 to 50 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one abrasive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride and manganese dioxide, (b) from 0.0001 to 3.0 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one polishing resistance-reducing agent selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a water-soluble polymer and a polyelectrolyte, (c) from 0.001 to 40 wt %, based on the total amount of the polishing composition, of at least one polishing accelerator selected from the group consisting of an inorganic acid, an organic acid and their aluminum, iron, nickel and cobalt salts, and (d) water.

Abstract: In forming a damascene interconnect made of a copper-containing metal on a barrier metal film made of a tantalum-containing metal, erosion is prevented during chemical mechanical polishing of the copper-containing metal film, by using a polishing slurry comprising at least an alkanolamine represented by general formula (1):

Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing comprising spinel particles having the formula AO•xZ2O3 wherein A is at least one divalent cation, Z is at least one trivalent cation, and 0.01≦x≦100. The present invention also includes a method of chemical mechanical polishing the surface of a substrate using slurry compositions that include these spinel particles. The slurry compositions of the present invention provide the desired level of planarization and selectivity for both metal and oxide surfaces. In addition, the slurry compositions of the invention can be prepared such that they are substantially free of alpha phase alumina particles and other high hardness particles to produce a scratch-free polished surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder composition and to a method for polishing stone, in particular granite, said method making use of said powder composition.

Abstract: A process for producing a polishing composition, which comprises preliminarily adjusting water to pH 2-4, adding from 40 to 60 wt % of fumed silica to the water under high shearing force, adding water to lower the viscosity to 2-10000 cps, stirring the mixture under low shearing force for at least 5 minutes, adding water to lower the fumed silica concentration to 10-38 wt %, and adding a basic substance under vigorous stirring to raise the pH to 9-12.

Abstract: An abrasive composition for polishing glass, containing a basic salt of magnesium. Also disclosed is a method for polishing glass with the abrasive composition.

Abstract: A slurry containing abrasive particles and a dual-valent rare earth ion or suspension of its colloidal hydroxide is especially useful for polishing surfaces, including those used in microelectronics. A suspension of a colloidal dual-valent rare earth hydroxide is especially useful for polishing silica.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing method for polishing a soft metal by supplying a polishing surface of the soft metal with a novel polishing slurry which includes at least both alumina particles as polishing particles and hydrogen peroxide as oxidizing agent, wherein the content of the alumina particles is in the range of 2-10% by weight of the total amount of the polishing slurry.

Abstract: Gloss and ease of application of sprayable aqueous organopolysiloxane vinyl protectant emulsions are both improved by the addition of a gloss-improving additive. Protectants may be formulated to achieve higher gloss with the same amount of active organopolysiloxane or the same or higher gloss with less organopolysiloxane. Preferred gloss-improving additives are water soluble organic viscosifiers and/or minor amounts of inorganic, viscosity-increasing particulate solids.

Abstract: This invention provides a cerium oxide abrasive with which the surfaces of substrates such as SiO2 insulating films can be polished at a high rate without causing scratches. The abrasive of the present invention comprises a slurry comprising cerium oxide particles whose primary particles have a diameter of from 10 nm to 600 nm and a median diameter of from 30 nm to 250 nm and slurry particles have a median diameter of from 150 nm to 600 nm and a maximum diameter of 3,000 nm or smaller, the cerium oxide particles being dispersed in a medium.