Patent ID: 7862662
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: B08B,C11D,G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A cleaning method, comprising: providing a substrate having a surface, the surface having a particle thereon; generating a tri-state body comprising a solid portion, a liquid portion, and a gas portion; applying a force over the tri-state body to promulgate an interaction between the solid portion and the particle; and removing the tri-state body along with the particle from the surface of the substrate, such that the interaction with the particle causes the particle to be removed with the tri-state body, wherein the solid portion is distributed in the liquid portion to define a plurality of hydrocarbon chains having a carboxyl group attached to one end of each of the plurality of hydrocarbon chains that are in suspension and are adverse to flocculation among the plurality of hydrocarbon chains.