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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Ali Afzali-ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Emanuel Israel Cooper, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Mahmoud Khojasteh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Ronald W. Nunes, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
George Gabriel Totir, Newtown, CT (US);
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Emanuel Israel Cooper, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Mahmoud Khojasteh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Ronald W. Nunes, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
George Gabriel Totir, Newtown, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods for removing a masking material, for example, a photoresist, and electronic devices formed by removing a masking material are presented. For example, a method for removing a masking material includes contacting the masking material with a solution comprising cerium. The cerium may be comprised in a salt. The salt may be cerium ammonium nitrate.