Abstract
In this study, the interfacial and electrokinetic phenomena of mixtures of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and deionized (DI) water in relation to semiconductor wafer drying is investigated. The dielectric constant of an IPA solution linearly decreased from 78 to 18 with the addition of IPA to DI water. The viscosity of IPA solutions increased as the volume percentage of IPA in DI water increased. The zeta potentials of silica particles and silicon wafers were also measured in IPA solutions. The zeta potential approached neutral values as the volume ratio of IPA in DI water increased. A surface tension decrease from 72 to was measured when the IPA concentration increased to . The surface excess of IPA at the air–liquid interface reached a maximum at around IPA. The adhesion forces of silica particles on silicon wafers were measured using atomic force microscopy in IPA solutions. The adhesion force increased as the volume percent of IPA in water increased. Lower particulate contamination was observed when the wafers were immersed and withdrawn from solutions containing less than IPA.
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