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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
The properties of abrasive particles play a key role in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). This study used well-defined dispersions of uniform particles, including spherical silica of varying diameters to polish Cu films and silica cores coated with nanosized ceria particles to polish oxide films. It was shown that the total surface area of the silica abrasives in the slurry controlled Cu material removal rate. However, pH, solid content, and particle size of ceria coated silica abrasives did not have a strong correlation to the removal rate of oxide films.