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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Junaid Ahmed Siddiqui, Richmond, VA (US);
Timothy Frederick Compton, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Robin Edward Richards, Tucson, AZ (US);
Junaid Ahmed Siddiqui, Richmond, VA (US);
Timothy Frederick Compton, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Robin Edward Richards, Tucson, AZ (US);
DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials LLC, Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of polishing a substrate with a polishing composition comprising an oxidizing agent and abrasive particles having a surface, said surface of the abrasive particles being at least partially modified with 1) at least one stabilizer compound comprising aluminum, boron, tungsten, or both, said stabilizer compound being bound via a covalent bond to said abrasive particles, and 2) an organic chelating compound, said chelating compound being bound via a covalent bond to said stabilizer compound. The organic chelating compounds include one or more of 1) a nitrogen-containing moiety and between one and five other polar groups; 2) a sulfur-containing moiety and between one and five other polar groups; and 3) between two and five polar groups selected from carboxylic acid groups or salts thereof and hydroxyl groups.