journal article·2026-02

Investigation of cleaning mechanisms for particle, metal ion, and organic contaminations in amorphous carbon post-CMP cleaning

Ziyang Wang, Pengzhan Liu, Juyong Lee, Hyeonjeong Lee, Hyunho Kim, Hosin Hwang, Yinhao An, Taesung Kim

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