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5th International Symposium on Ultra Clean Processing of Silicon Surfaces (UCPSS 2000), Date: 2000/09/18 - 2000/09/20, Location: BELGIUM, OOSTENDE

Publication date: 2001-01-01
Volume: 76 Pages: 263 - 266
ISSN: 3-908450-57-8, 9783908450573
Publisher: Scitec publications ltd

Ultra clean processing of silicon surfaces 2000

Author:

Vos, R
Xu, Kaidong ; Lux, M ; Fyen, Wim ; Singh, R ; Chen, Z ; Mertens, P ; Hatcher, Z ; Heyns, Marc ; Heyns, M ; Mertens, P ; Meuris, M

Keywords:

hydrophobic interactions, particle removal efficiency, surface charge, surfaces, Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Materials Science, Physics, SURFACES, 0204 Condensed Matter Physics, 0912 Materials Engineering, Applied Physics, 4016 Materials engineering

Abstract:

A basic understanding of the interactions between a particle and the wafer substrate during cleaning is presented and the usefulness of surfactants to improve the overall particle performance for dHF-cleaning mixtures is described.