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Granted Patent B2
US 11,747,724 · App. 17/131,094 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles, organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles-containing solution, organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles-containing resist composition, and resist pattern forming method

Inventors: Kiwamu Sue (Tsukuba, JP); Sho Kataoka (Tsukuba, JP); Yusuke Yoshigoe (Tsukuba, JP); Takatoshi Inari (Kawasaki, JP); Masatoshi Arai (Kawasaki, JP); Takaya Maehashi (Kawasaki, JP); Yoshitaka Komuro (Kawasaki, JP); Daisuke Kawana (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignees: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
G03F7/0042C07F7/003
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Patent No.
US 11,747,724
App. No.
17/131,094
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles containing two or more cores including a plurality of metal atoms and a plurality of oxygen atoms covalently bonded to the plurality of metal atoms; a first modifying group that is a ligand coordinated to each of the cores and selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid carboxylate, a sulfonic acid sulfonate, and a phosphonic acid phosphonate; and a second modifying group that is coordinated to each of the cores and is a ligand having a structure different from that of the first modifying group and/or an inorganic anion, in which organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles have a structure in which the cores are crosslinked through a coordinate bond by at least the first modifying group.

Claims (26)

1. Organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles comprising:

two or more cores including a plurality of metal atoms and a plurality of oxygen atoms covalently bonded to the plurality of metal atoms;

a first modifying group (A1) that is a ligand coordinated to each of the cores and selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid carboxylate, a sulfonic acid sulfonate, and a phosphonic acid phosphonate; and

a second modifying group (A2) that is coordinated to each of the cores and is at least one selected from the group consisting of a ligand having a structure different from that of the first modifying group (A1) and an inorganic anion,

wherein the organically modified metal oxide nanoparticle has a structure in which the cores are crosslinked through a coordinate bond by at least the first modifying group (A1), and

wherein the organically modified metal oxide nanoparticle is represented by Formula (m01):

C01-L01-C02  (m01)

wherein C01 is M 6 O 4 (OH) 4 [X a Y b ], where 0≤a≤10 and 1≤b≤11;C02 is M 6 O 4 (OH) 4 [X c Y d ], where 0≤c≤10 and 1≤d≤11; and L01 is Xw, where w=24−(a+b+c+d) and 2≤w≤12,

provided that M is the metal atom, which is a metal atom belonging to Group 4 elements, X is the first modifying group (A1), and Y is the second modifying group (A2).

2. The organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the first modifying group (A1) is a ligand derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of General Formula (a01), General Formula (a02), and General Formula (a03):

wherein, in General Formula (a01), General Formula (a02), and General Formula (a03), each R is independently a group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxyalkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkynyloxy alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryloxyalkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and a cyanoalkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or a group in which one or two or more hydrogen atoms of any of the preceding groups are substituted with a substituent, provided that the substituent contains no carboxy group, no carboxylate group, no sulfo group, no sulfonate group, no phosphate group and no phosphonate group.

3. The organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the first modifying group (A1) is a carboxylic acid carboxylate ligand.

4. The organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the first modifying group (A1) is a carboxylic acid carboxylate ligand; and

the second modifying group (A2) is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid carboxylate having a different structure from that of the first modifying group (A1), a sulfonic acid sulfonate having a different structure from that of the first modifying group (A1), a phosphonic acid phosphonate having a different structure from that of the first modifying group (A1), a hydroxy group-containing ligand, a thiol group-containing ligand, an amino group-containing ligand, nitrate ligand, and a hydroxide ion.

5. The organically modified metal oxide nanoparticle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal atom is Zr.

6. An organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles-containing solution, comprising:

the organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 ; and

a solvent.

7. An organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles-containing resist composition, comprising:

the organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 ; and

a solvent.

8. A resist pattern forming method, comprising:

forming a resist film on a support using the organically modified metal oxide nanoparticles-containing resist composition according to claim 7 ;

exposing the resist film; and

developing the resist film after exposure to form a resist pattern.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055462/0039 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2021
From: SUE, KIWAMU; KATAOKA, SHO; YOSHIGOE, YUSUKE; INARI, TAKATOSHI; ARAI, MASATOSHI; MAEHASHI, TAKAYA; KOMURO, YOSHITAKA; KAWANA, DAISUKE
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 054865/0339 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-233068 · Dec 24, 2019 · national
JP 2020-207558 · Dec 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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