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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Phillip D. Hustad, Manvel, TX (US);
Xinyu Gu, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Shih-wei Chang, Natick, MA (US);
Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Peter Trefonas, Medway, MA (US);
Phillip D. Hustad, Manvel, TX (US);
Xinyu Gu, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Shih-Wei Chang, Natick, MA (US);
Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Peter Trefonas, Medway, MA (US);
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC, Marlborough, MA (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for processing a substrate is provided; wherein the method comprises applying a film of a copolymer composition, comprising a poly(styrene)-b-poly(siloxane) block copolymer component; and, an antioxidant to a surface of the substrate; optionally, baking the film; annealing the film in a gaseous atmosphere containing ≧20 wt % oxygen; followed by a treatment of the annealed film to remove the poly(styrene) from the annealed film and to convert the poly(siloxane) in the annealed film to SiO.