Patent ID: 7811748

Claim:
A method for the formation of a resist pattern by subjecting a photoresist layer provided on a substrate to an image-forming light-exposure followed by a development treatment, then conducting a treatment for adjusting the contact angle on the resist pattern surface against a contacting liquid to 40 degrees or smaller and then conducting a treatment for adjusting the contact angle to 70 degrees or larger followed by drying, wherein said treatment for adjusting the contact angle to 40 degrees or smaller comprises contacting the resist pattern surface still wet after the development treatment with a solution of a water-soluble resin having a nitrogen atom and wherein said treatment for adjusting the contact angle to 70 degrees or larger comprises contacting the resist pattern surface with a solution of a fluorine compound having solubility in water or solubility in an alcoholic solvent and having a functional group capable of forming a complex with the nitrogen atom of the water-soluble resin.