Provided are (1) a composition including an alkali-soluble resin, a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a surfactant, and a solvent, in which a surface tension measured by a Wilhelmy method at 25° C. is 26.5 mN/m or less; (2) a composition including a surfactant and a solvent, in which a surface tension T1 measured by a Wilhelmy method at 25° C. and a surface tension T2 measured by a Wilhelmy method at 25° C. immediately before a timing that a volume reaches 60% of an initial volume in an environment of a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 60% satisfy a relationship of T1>T2; and (3) applications thereof.

A photoresist underlayer composition comprising a first polymer comprising a first structural unit derived from an N-(alkoxymethyl) (meth)acrylic amide monomer; a second structural unit comprising an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an ester group, an amide group, or a combination thereof, wherein the second structural unit further comprises a crosslinkable group; wherein the first polymer comprises the second structural unit, the photoresist underlayer composition further comprises a second polymer comprising the second structural unit, or a combination thereof, a thermal acid generator; and a solvent.

Provided is a negative resist film laminate comprising a thermoplastic film, which is a first support body, and a negative resist film, wherein the negative resist film contains (A) an alkali-soluble resin having a phenolic hydroxy group, (B) a plasticizer containing polyester, (C) a photoacid generator, (D) an epoxy compound containing on average four or more epoxy groups per molecule, and (E) a benzotriazole compound and/or an imidazole compound.

A method for manufacturing an electroconductive pattern 40, provided with: a lamination step for laminating an acid generation film 10 containing an acid proliferation agent and a photoacid generator on a polymer film 20 containing an electroconductive polymer formed on a substrate 21; a masking step for masking the top of the acid generation film 10; a light irradiation step for irradiating the laminate from the acid-generation-film 10 side; a doping step for doping the electroconductive polymer with an acid generated and proliferated in the acid generation film 10 by the light irradiation; and a releasing step for releasing the acid generation film 10 from the polymer film 20. This method makes it possible to provide an electroconductive film and a method for manufacturing an electroconductive pattern in which photoacid generation and acid proliferation effects are utilized.

This disclosure relates to a photosensitive composition that includes at least one fully imidized polyimide polymer having a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 20,000 Daltons to about 70,000 Daltons; at least one solubility switching compound; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one solvent. The composition is capable of forming a film or a dry film having a dissolution rate of greater than about 0.15 micron/second using cyclopentanone as a developer.

A layer of nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers on an arbitrary surface comprising a first arbitrary substrate absent of chemical preparation, a layer of graphene on the first arbitrary substrate, and a layer of phase-separated block copolymers on the layer of graphene, wherein the layer of phase-separated block copolymers on the layer of graphene was formed on a second substrate and delaminated via water liftoff and wherein the nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers are utilized as a shadow mask for lithography on the first arbitrary substrate.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate for forming an image with high sensitivity of the heat-sensitive image forming layer and excellent manufacturing suitability, and a manufacturing method of a flexographic printing plate using the same. The laminate for forming an image is a laminate for forming an image, which is for forming a mask used for manufacturing a flexographic printing plate, including, in the following order, a carrier sheet, a barrier layer, and a heat-sensitive image forming layer, in which the barrier layer contains a first infrared absorbing dye, the heat-sensitive image forming layer contains an ultraviolet absorber and a second infrared absorbing dye, both of the first infrared absorbing dye and the second infrared absorbing dye are a compound having an absorption at a wavelength of 1070 nm and having a mass absorption coefficient at the wavelength of 1070 nm of 50 L/(g.Math.cm) or more, and both of the barrier layer and the heat-sensitive image forming layer contain a third infrared absorbing dye having an absorption at a wavelength of 830 nm.

A method of graphene-enabled block copolymer lithography transfer to an arbitrary substrate comprising the steps of applying graphene on a surface, adding block copolymers to the graphene on the surface, phase-separating the block copolymers, forming nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers, delaminating the graphene, and transferring the graphene and nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers to a second surface. A layer of nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers on an arbitrary surface comprising a first arbitrary substrate absent of chemical preparation, a layer of graphene on the first arbitrary substrate, and a layer of phase-separated block copolymers on the layer of graphene, wherein the layer of phase-separated block copolymers on the layer of graphene was formed on a second substrate and delaminated via water liftoff and wherein the nanopatterned phase separated block copolymers are utilized as a shadow mask for lithography on the first arbitrary substrate.

A method for manufacturing an electroconductive pattern 40, provided with: a lamination step for laminating an acid generation film 10 containing an acid proliferation agent and a photoacid generator on a polymer film 20 containing an electroconductive polymer formed on a substrate 21; a masking step for masking the top of the acid generation film 10; a light irradiation step for irradiating the laminate from the acid-generation-film 10 side; a doping step for doping the electroconductive polymer with an acid generated and proliferated in the acid generation film 10 by the light irradiation; and a releasing step for releasing the acid generation film 10 from the polymer film 20. This method makes it possible to provide an electroconductive film and a method for manufacturing an electroconductive pattern in which photoacid generation and acid proliferation effects are utilized.

A material for forming organic film contains (A) compound shown by general formula (1) and/or polymer having repeating unit shown by general formula (4), and (B) organic solvent. In formula (1), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, and AR6 each represent benzene ring or naphthalene ring; R1 represents any group shown in following formula (2); “n” represents integer of 1 or 2; and W represents divalent organic group having 2-50 carbon atoms. In formula (4), AR1, AR2, AR3, AR4, AR5, AR6, R1, “n”, and W are as defined above; and R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen atom or organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms, and optionally bond to each other within molecule to form cyclic organic group. An object provides a material for forming organic film to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance without impairing resin-derived carbon content; and compound and polymer suitable for material for forming organic film.

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