[Object] To provide a negative type photosensitive composition developable with a low concentration alkali developer and capable of forming a cured film excellent in transparency, in chemical resistance and in environmental durability; and further to provide a pattern-formation method employing the composition. [Means] The present invention provides a negative type photosensitive composition comprising: (I) an alkali-soluble resin, namely, a polymer comprising a carboxyl-containing polymerization unit and an alkoxysilyl-containing polymerization unit, (II) a polysiloxane, (III) a compound having two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups, (IV) (i) a silicone derivative having a particular structure and/or (ii) a compound having two or more epoxy groups, (V) a polymerization initiator, and (VI) a solvent.

A photosensitive composition capable of forming a cured product with high transparency, a cured product of the photosensitive composition, and a method for producing the cured product using the photosensitive composition. In a photosensitive composition including a base component having photopolymerizability and a photopolymerization initiator, a silicone resin is used as the base component, and a phosphine oxide compound and an oxime ester compound as a photopolymerization initiator are used in combination at a specific ratio.

The present invention is a material for forming an adhesive film formed between a silicon-containing middle layer film and a resist upper layer film, the material for forming an adhesive film containing: (A) a resin having a structural unit shown by the following general formula (1); (B) a crosslinking agent containing one or more compounds shown by the following general formula (2); (C) a photo-acid generator; and (D) an organic solvent. This provides: a material for forming an adhesive film in a fine patterning process by a multilayer resist method in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, where the material gives an adhesive film that has high adhesiveness to a resist upper layer film, has an effect of suppressing fine pattern collapse, and that also makes it possible to form an excellent pattern profile; a patterning process using the material; and a method for forming the adhesive film.

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There are provided a curable composition for imprinting, the curable composition including a polymerizable compound having two or more radical polymerizable groups, a radical polymerization initiator, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an organopolysiloxane having only one radical polymerizable group and an organopolysiloxane having no or one radical polymerizable group and having a poly(oxyalkylene) group, a cured product of the curable composition for imprinting, a method for producing an imprint pattern using the curable composition for imprinting, and a method for producing a device, the method including the method for producing an imprint pattern.

[Problem] To provide a negative type photosensitive composition which can be developed with a low-concentration developer. [Means for Solution] A negative type photosensitive composition comprising (I) an alkali-soluble resin having a carboxyl group, (II) a polymerization initiator, (III) a compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and (IV) a solvent, wherein the content of the compound containing two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups is 40 to 300 mass % based on the total mass of the alkali-soluble resin.

An object of the present invention is to provide a solution which contains an organic solvent as a main component (content: equal to or greater than 98% by mass) and has an excellent defect inhibition ability. Another object of the present invention is to provide a solution storage body storing the solution, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing the solution, and a pattern forming method and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using the solution. The solution of the present invention is a solution containing at least one kind of organic solvent having a boiling point lower than 200° C. and an organic impurity having a boiling point equal to or higher than 250° C., in which a content of the organic solvent with respect to a total mass of the solution is equal to or greater than 98% by mass, and a content of the organic impurity with respect to the total mass of the solution is equal to or greater than 0.1 mass ppm and less than 100 mass ppm.

The present invention relates to a positive-type photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The positive-type photosensitive resin composition comprises a nonpolar organic solvent, thereby suppressing the reactivity of the epoxy group in the composition to reduce the production of diol compounds. When a cured film is prepared from the composition, an appropriate level of developability can be maintained to further enhance the pattern adhesiveness, resolution, and sensitivity. Further, since the composition of the present invention has a small difference in the film retention rates at room temperature and low temperatures, the composition may have stable stability over time.

A photosensitive resin composition, an optical film and a method of producing the same are provided. The photosensitive resin composition includes a thiol compound (A) having two or more groups represented by formula (I-a), a polyether-modified polysiloxane (B), an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound (C) having one or two aromatic rings, a bisphenol fluorene oligomer (D) having one or two (meth)acryloyl groups, and a photoinitiator (E).

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A photosensitive resin composition including a silsesquioxane-based copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a first monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 (R.sub.1—R.sub.2—Si (R.sub.3).sub.3), a second monomer represented by Chemical Formula 2 ((R.sub.4).sub.n—Si(R.sub.5).sub.4-n), a third monomer represented by Chemical Formula 3 (Si(R.sub.6).sub.4), and a fourth monomer represented by Chemical Formula 4 ((R.sub.7).sub.3—Si—R.sub.8—Si—(R.sub.7).sub.3) are provided.

A photosensitive resin composition containing (A) an acid-crosslinkable group-containing silicone resin, (B) a photo-acid generator, and (C) quantum dot particles. Thus, a photosensitive resin composition is capable of easily forming a film having favorable heat resistance, lithography resolution, and luminous properties; a photosensitive resin film and a photosensitive dry film are obtained by using the photosensitive resin composition; patterning processes use these; and a light emitting device is obtained by using the photosensitive resin composition.