5-Amino-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole-2-thiol as a new leveler for blind holes copper electroplating: Theoretical calculation and electrochemical studies

M Zhou, Y Meng, J Ling, Y Zhang, W Huang, Y Min… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
High density interconnection printed circuit board PCB puts forward high requirements for
defect free blind holes copper filling. Here, 5-amino-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole-2-mercaptan, a small …

Benzyl-containing quaternary ammonium salt as a new leveler for microvia copper electroplating

Y Meng, M Zhou, W Huang, Y Min, X Shen, Q Xu - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, quaternary ammonium salt is considered as an effective leveler because of its
easy adsorption on the cathode surface. However, quaternary ammonium salt compounds …

Microvia filling by copper electroplating using diazine black as a leveler

WP Dow, CC Li, YC Su, SP Shen, CC Huang, C Lee… - Electrochimica …, 2009 - Elsevier
An organic additive, Diazine Black (DB), was employed as a leveler for microvia filling using
copper electroplating. DB is a derivative of Janus Green B (JGB), which is a common leveler …

Computational analysis and experimental evidence of two typical levelers for acid copper electroplating

Z Lai, S Wang, C Wang, Y Hong, Y Chen, H Zhang… - Electrochimica …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the leveling effect of two typical levelers for copper electroplating, Janus Green
B (JGB) and polymerizates of imidazole and epichlorohydrin (IMEP) are both analyzed …

A comparison of typical additives for copper electroplating based on theoretical computation

Z Lai, S Wang, C Wang, Y Hong, G Zhou… - Computational Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electronic parameters of four additives for copper electroplating including accelerators,
mercaptopropane sulfonic acid (MPS) and bis-(acid-sulfopropyl)-disulfide (SPS), inhibitor …

2-Mercaptopyridine as a new leveler for bottom-up filling of micro-vias in copper electroplating

C Chang, X Lu, Z Lei, Z Wang, C Zhao - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to achieve a perfect bottom-up electroplated Cu filling with a minimal surface
thickness, 2-mercaptopyridine (2-MP) was investigated as a new leveler for replacing Janus …

Novel, simple, and green citrate-based copper electronic electroplating bath in microvia void-free filling for printed circuit board application

L Jin, WQ Li, ZY Wang, JQ Yang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, a novel, simple, and green citrate-based copper electronic electroplating bath
with the characteristics of weak corrosion, low copper ion concentration, and simple …

Quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the mechanism of interaction of six dye levelers with copper surface

X Li, P Zou, X Chen, L Wang - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Six dye levelers are researched by quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics
simulations. The electrostatic potential (ESP) and Hirshfeld charge of the levelers were …

Improved SERS performance of single-crystalline TiO2 nanosheet arrays with coexposed {001} and {101} facets decorated with Ag nanoparticles

L Yang, W Wang, H Jiang, Q Zhang, H Shan… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, single-crystalline TiO 2 nanosheet (TNS) arrays with dominant {001} facets
decorated with Ag nanoparticles were synthesized on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) …

Structural influence of terminal functional groups on TEG-based leveler in microvia filling

MH Lee, Y Lee, M Sung, SK Cho… - Journal of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We synthesize new triethylene glycol-based levelers containing quaternary ammonium
groups with different terminal functional groups (allyl, propyl, benzyl, and naphthylmethyl) to …