WO2004089827A2 - Nanoporous ultrafine alpha-alumina powders and sol-gel process of preparing the same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles and methods of making same and more particularly to nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles having an average particle size of less than about 100 nm.
- the present invention also relates to chemical mechanical polishing compositions (CMP) comprising ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention and CMP polishing methods using same.
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing compositions
- Ultra-fine alumina (aluminum oxide) powder is one of the most widely used ceramic materials in a variety of industries. Applications of fine alumina powders include use as abrasives for polishing semiconductor and precision optical components, catalyst supports including the support structure in automobile catalytic converters, fillers for polymers, and pigment for painting, and the like. Alumina has over twelve (12) different crystalline phases, each of which has a different lattice structure and physical properties. However, the most well known and commonly used alumina powders are ⁇ - alumina and ⁇ -alumina.
- the low temperature phase, ⁇ -alumina is thermodynamically metastable and transforms to the thermodynamically stable phase, ⁇ -alumina, at temperatures in excess of about 1100°C or about 1200 °C depending on various conditions.
- ⁇ -alumina powder can have very small particle sizes, e.g., particle sizes of less than about 20 nm, and extremely high surface area, e.g., greater than about 300 m 2 /g.
- ⁇ -alumina can be processed via both vapor and liquid phase processing techniques. Ultrafine ⁇ -alumina having an average particle size of less than 40 nm and a polishing slurry with ⁇ -alumina are commercially available.
- the density of ⁇ -alumina is about 20% higher than the density of ⁇ -alumina and more chemically and mechanically durable than ⁇ -alumina.
- nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles should be suitable for a greater range of applications than nanosized ⁇ -alumina.
- the alumina particle size increases drastically such that ⁇ -alumina prepared from ⁇ -alumina normally has a particle size of greater than 100 nm.
- ⁇ -alumina e.g., ⁇ -alumina particles of less than about 100 nm
- fine ⁇ -alumina powders haying an average particle size of greater than 100 nm can be prepared via a seeded sol-gel process.
- boehmite is first peptized in acidic aqueous solution, containing nitric acid or acetic acid and then a couple of weight percent of ⁇ -alumina seeds, usually fine ⁇ - alumina particles, are added to the solution during the peptization to allow phase transformation to occur at lower temperature.
- the sol is oven dried at about 100°C and converted to a dry gel. After crushing to micron sized granules, they are fired at a high temperature, normally over about 1000°C to the produce of ⁇ -alumina particles. The temperature must be well controlled to prevent particle growth. However, in this process micron sized grains remain intact during the phase transformation process and result in mechanically strong hard grains of ⁇ -alumina after completion of the transformation. To make nanoalumina particles, high mechanical energy is required to crush or break down the grain into primary particles which typically have an average particle size of more than 100 nm. Moreover, the grinding process frequently results in high levels of impurity contamination.
- U.S. Patent 5,312,791 recites a modified approach to prepare alumina grains and fibers.
- the starting material is boehmite that is peptized and then dispersed in water to generate an alumina sol.
- the sol is rapidly cooled in liquid nitrogen or, alternatively slowly cooled by freeze drying. Water is sublimed under vacuum from the sol to form a gel composed offtakes having a thickness of between 1 and 3 ⁇ m.
- finer aluminal powders, flakes, fibers, and grains can be made having micron-sized smallest dimensions.
- the powders themselves have no porosity, they require high mechanical energy grinding to form smaller particles which introduces high levels of impurities into the ⁇ -alumina product.
- ⁇ -alumina particles or grains using Seeded Gel (SG) technology via controlled solution chemistry has been known for several decades.
- the process includes peptization of boehmite powder (A1OOH) in water by the addition of an acid, such as nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, or acetic acid, to form a uniform boehmite sol.
- Alumina seeds which are frequently fine ⁇ -alumina particles, which have been dispersed in water, are added to the boehmite sol and the admixture is combined thoroughly.
- the sol solution is then subjected to a drying process to transform the sol into a dried gel which is then pulverized and fired to a temperature at which point transformation to ⁇ -alumina is completed with minimal sintering. Because of the presence of the seed particles, transformation temperature is decreased from about 1200 to about 1250°C for unseeded sols to about 1000 to about 1050°C.
- the ⁇ -alumina thus prepared can have sub micron particle sizes. However, no ⁇ -alumina particles prepared to date have an average particle size of less than about 100 nm.
- This invention provides a technique to make stable nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles.
- the invention further provides nanosized ⁇ -alumina powders and slurries comprising same which comprise no or very little chemical additives for suspension stability.
- the slurry of the invention provides a high material removal rates on silicon dioxide (Si0 2 ) and further provides very good surface finishing.
- the method of manufacture of the nanosized ⁇ -alumina powders of the invention comprise seeding with nanosized ⁇ - alumina seed particles and firing the seeded alumina gel at reduced temperatures.
- the present invention provides an ⁇ -alumina powder comprising ⁇ -alumina particles of which at least 80% of the particles have a particle size of less than 100 nm.
- the invention further provides slurries comprising at least one ⁇ -alumina powder of the invention. That is, the invention provides a slurry comprising ⁇ -alumina particles of which at least 80% of the ⁇ -alumina particles have a particle size of less than 100 nm.
- the invention also provides a process for the producing the ⁇ -alumina particles and powders of the invention.
- the process comprises the steps of : providing a gel comprising at least one alumina precursor and a plurality of ⁇ - alumina seed particles; drying the gel; firing the dried gel at a temperature capable of inducing ⁇ -alumina formation without causing particle size growth.
- the invention provides polishing methods which include the use of ⁇ -alumina powders and slurries as a polishing agent.
- the polishing method comprises the steps of: providing slurry comprising ⁇ -alumina particles of which at least 80% of the ⁇ - alumina particles have a particle size of less than 100 nm; and applying the slurry to an interface between the substrate and a polishing pad.
- FIG. 1 is a micrograph of ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention prepared from aluminum nitrate and 10% ⁇ -alumina seeds by weight and fired at 900°C for 1 hour (200 nm scale bar);
- FIG. 2 is a micrograph of ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention prepared from aluminum sec-butoxide and 10% ⁇ -alumina seeds by weight and fired at 850°C for 1 hour (100 nm scale bar).
- the ⁇ -alumina particles and slurries comprising same provided by the present invention are suitable for use in various applications including, for example, polishing, CMP applications, catalyst support materials, and the like.
- the ⁇ -alumina particles and slurries are particularly suited for use in polishing and CMP applications because ⁇ - alumina particles of the invention possess exceptional hardness and have an average particle size of between 10 nm and about 100 nm.
- the ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention offer high material removal rates with minimal substrate defectivity.
- the present invention provides ⁇ -alumina powders in which at least 80 % of the ⁇ -alumina particles of the powder have a particle size of less than 100 nm.
- the present invention further provides slurries comprising at least one ⁇ -alumina powder of the invention.
- about 90% of the ⁇ -alumina particles in the powders or slurries of the invention have a size of between about 10 nm and about 100 nm. More preferably about 99% of the ⁇ -alumina particles in the powders or slurries of the invention have a size of between about 10 nm and about 100 nm.
- about 99% of the ⁇ -alumina particles in the powders or slurries of the invention have a size of between about 25 nm and about 80 nm, or between about 30 nm and about 70 nm.
- the invention provides ⁇ -alumina powders which comprise ⁇ -alumina particles having at least 99%) of the particles within a size distribution of about 10 nm .
- slurries of the invention comprise one or more ⁇ -alumina particles of the present invention. That is, slurries of the invention can comprise a single particle size of ⁇ -alumina or a composite mixture of two or more particles sizes having different average particle sizes which when mixed combine to form a mono-modal, bi-modal, or poly-modal particle size distribution. Typically slurries comprising ⁇ -alumina particles having a single average particle size distribution are preferred.
- Preferred slurries of the invention comprise one or more ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention.
- Preferred ⁇ -alumina particles include any ⁇ -alumina particle described herein. More preferred slurries include those slurries in which the ⁇ -alumina particles are dispersed in an aqueous mixture.
- Preferred aqueous mixtures include water, particularly deionized or distilled water, aqueous solutions comprising one or more surfactants, organic acids, or other additives.
- Preferred additives are chemically inert to ⁇ -alumina under storage or polishing conditions. Additionally preferred additives are capable of inhibiting aggregation of ⁇ -alumina particles in an aqueous mixture.
- Particularly preferred additives to the aqueous mixture include organic acids such as acetic acid, formic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, and other carboxylic acids having less than about 6 carbon atoms.
- Aqueous slurries of the present invention typically have a pH of between about 2 and about 11. In certain preferred applications, slurries having an acidic pH or an alkaline pH are desirable. Thus more preferred aqueous slurries of the invention have a pH of from about 1 or 2 to about 6 or between about 8 and about 10.5.
- the slurries of the invention are suitable for use in a variety of applications including use as abrasives in polishing or CMP applications, as supports for metal catalysts and the like.
- aluminum chemicals are used as the ⁇ -alumina precursor, e.g. molecular alumina precursors are utilized instead of boehmite.
- the aluminum compounds can be inorganic (Aluminum nitrate, aluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate, and the like) or organic (aluminum alkoxides, aluminum acetate, and the like).
- the inorganic or organic aluminum compounds which are utilized as molecular alumina precursors are water soluble.
- a process for the production of ⁇ -alumina particles comprises the steps of providing a gel comprising at least one alumina precursor and a plurality of ⁇ - alumina seed particles; drying the gel; firing the dried gel at a temperature capable of inducing ⁇ -alumina formation without causing particle size growth.
- the gel which comprises at least one alumina precursor and a plurality of ⁇ -alumina seed particles, is prepared by the process comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous solution of at least one molecular alumina precursor which has ⁇ -alumina seed particles dispersed therein concentrating the aqueous solution to forma a gel having the ⁇ -alumina seed particles dispersed therein.
- the firing step is carried out a temperature which is sufficient to transform the gel to the ⁇ -alumina phase but is insufficient to induce sintering of the gel or an increase in individual particle size.
- preferred processes of the invention comprise a firing step conducted at a temperature of less than about 1050 °C or more preferably at a temperature of less than about 950 °C.
- the firing is conducted at a temperature of between about 750°C and about 950°C or between about 800°C and about 900°C.
- preferred molecular alumina precursors are selected from aluminum salts comprising one or more anions selected from alkoxides, aryl oxides, carboxylates, halides, sulphate, nitrate, oxalates, and .. • . adjective . radical " " . . , , occasion n:;: ;;;n
- acetoacetonates particularly preferred molecular alumina precursors include aluminum alkoxides, carboxylates, halides and nitrates.
- Preferred aqueous solutions provided or prepared by the processes of the invention comprise water, at least one molecular alumina precursor, at least one acid, and ⁇ -alumina seed particles.
- Preferred acids are selected from the group consisting of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydroiodic acid, acetic acid, formic acid, propionic acid and the like.
- ⁇ -alumina particles having an average particle size of less than 125 nm or less than 100 nm are available for use as seeds in the methods of making nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles of the invention.
- an iterative process is typically undertaken whereby initial nanosized ⁇ -alumina particles are prepared by using slightly larger seed ⁇ -alumina particles to form a product ⁇ -alumina comprising nanosized ⁇ - alumina having a particle size of less than 100 nm and seed particles having a particle size of about 125 nm or more (typically about 1 to about 5 or 10 weight percent of the product ⁇ -alumina particles are seed particles).
- the ⁇ -alumina seed particles have an average particle size of less than about 125 nm, or more preferably less than about 100 nm.
- Particularly preferred seed particles have an average particle size of between about 30 nm and about 100 nm, between about 40 nm and about 80 nm, or between about 50 nm and about 70 nm.
- Seed ⁇ -alumina particles are well dispersed in water and then the aluminum compounds are added to the water dispersion of the seed particles. It is desirable to increase the seeding efficacy of the water dispersion.
- the concentration of the seeds is relatively high to increase the seeding power of the solution, e.g., the ratio of aluminum atoms in the product ⁇ -alumina particles originating in the seed versus the molecular alumina precursor is typically between about 1 :3 and about 1 : 1000 or more preferably between about 1 :6 and about 1:20.
- the seed particles comprise between about 0.1 and about 15 weight percent of the product ⁇ -alumina powder.
- the concentration of the seeds is about 1 and 10% by weight of the product ⁇ -alumina.
- the pH of the dispersion of seed ⁇ -alumina particles before addition of the molecular alumina precursor is typically between 6 and 7. After solvation of the molecular alumina precursor, the pH of the dispersion frequently drops to less than about 2 or even to less than about 1.
- the dispersion can be optionally heated or aged at elevated temperature, e.g., greater than 90°C, to evaporate water.
- concentration step e.g., heating and/or aging of the dispersion, is conducted with mechanical mixing to prevent deposition of the seed particles.
- the dispersion is cooled to room temperature to form the gel.
- the gel can then be fired in air at a temperature of less than about 1050 °C or more preferably between about 800°C and about 900°C to transform the alumina gel to ⁇ -alumina.
- alkaline chemicals such as ammonia can be added to the above solution before aging and/or concentration of the solution.
- an alkaline additive such as ammonia or urea is necessary to initiate gel formation.
- the rate and quantity of alkaline added to the solution must be carefully regulated because addition of excess alkaline can induce formation of Bayerite.
- the alkaline chemical(s) are gradually added to the dispersion to facilitate hydrolysis at an elevated temperature, e.g., about 70°C. Hydrolysis with ammonia typically results in the formation of boehmite.
- substitution of urea for ammonia as the alkaline chemical facilitating hydrolysis permits reduced firing temperatures.
- hydrolysis is carried out at a temperature of more than 90°C.
- the alumina gel formed by the process using urea may be fired to transform to ⁇ -alumina at reduced firing temperatures, e.g., at a temperature of about 800 °C.
- gel formation using one or more aluminum alkoxides as the molecular alumina precursor required an aqueous hydrolysis at an elevated temperature and further frequently requires the addition of an acid catalyst such as hydrochloric acid or nitric acid.
- the aluminum alkoxide precursor can be solvated in an anhydrous alcohol and then mixed with an aqueous dispersion of the seed particles or alternatively the aluminum alkoxide may be directly solvated in the aqueous dispersion of seed crystals.
- Acid added to the aqueous dispersion catalyzes the hydrolysis of the aluminum alkoxide and further facilitates peptization of the dispersion.
- the sol is kept stirring at an elevated temperature until it is sufficiently viscous to prevent sedimentation of the seed particles.
- Hydrolysis of the aluminum alkoxide can be conducted at either room temperature or at an elevate temperature.
- the resultant sol is amorphous, e.g., a pseudo boehmite solution with an alcohol layer on top of an aqueous phase.
- the hydrolysis is carried out at a temperature sufficient to complete the hydrolysis within about 24 hours.
- preferred hydrolysis reactions are carried out at a temperature of between about 50°C and about 90°C.
- Alcohol is removed by evaporation from the reaction mixture.
- it is preferably to have a rapid rate of hydrolysis in order to minimize seed particle aggregation.
- hydrolysis when hydrolysis is carried out at an elevated temperature, e.g., about 50°C to about 80°C.
- the product produced by carrying out hydrolysis at room temperature is substantially the same as the product formed at elevated temperature but the rate of hydrolysis is typically too slow to be practical.
- Firing of gels prepared from sols of hydrolyzed aluminum alkoxide precurors provides ⁇ -alumina particles at a temperature of between about 800 to about 850°C.
- the present invention provides new processes of preparing ⁇ -alumina particles which comprise firing of a precursor gel at a temperature of between about 750°C and about 950°C or more preferably between about 800°C and about 900 °C depending upon the molecular alumina precursor.
- the low transformation temperatures for formation of ⁇ -alumina are desirable and advantageous, in part because they prevent particle growth during firing and excessive necking of particles, e.g., particle sintering.
- Applicants have surprisingly discovered that substantially uniform dispersion of nanosized ⁇ -alumina seed particles throughout the sol, the seeding power is maximized thereby reducing the transformation temperature.
- the ⁇ -alumina particles, ⁇ -alumina powders, and ⁇ -alumina slurries of the present invention provide a very pure form of ⁇ -Al 2 0 3 . No dopants, sodium, silicon dioxide or the like are utilized during the production process. Moreover, the milling of the fired gel to generate the ⁇ -alumina particles having an average particle size of less than 100 nm is facile resulting in minimal contamination from the milling process.
- Polycrystalline ⁇ -alumina particles were dispersed in water by high energy attrition milling using high purity alumina media as the milling media.
- the slurry such prepared was used as seeds (27.5%) for the following processing for nanosized alumina.
- 42.5g of the seeds slurry was mixed with 2130g of Dl water and 62.3g of nitric acid ( ⁇ 70%) under vigorous stirring using a mixer.
- 577g of commercial aluminum sec-butoxide was added and stirred for 2 hours at room temperature.
- the solution was further heated up to temperature 80C under vigorous stirring and maintained at the temperature until gelation taked place.
- the gel was transferred to a stainless container and dried in an oven at 80C.
- the dried gel was fired in a box furnace at 880C for 1 hour and cooled down to room temperature.
- the fired material was confirmed to be ⁇ 98%o ⁇ -alumina powder on X-ray diffraction and He density measurement. SEM showed that the primary particle is 40-60nm in size.
- the fired powder was confirmed to be -98% of ⁇ - alumina based on X-ray and He-density measurements, with surface area of the powder being 45m2/g. SEM shows that the primary particles are 40-60nm in size.
- the powder was dispersed in Dl water and charged in an attrition miller and milled for 6 hours. The milled particles had a D50 ⁇ 75nm, based on a dynamic particle size analyzer.
- the specific surface area was 38m2/g from a BET measurment. On SEM, the primary particles are 50-70nm in size.
- the fired powder was mixed with Dl water and milled in an attrition miller using a high purity alumina media. The milled slurry gave a D50 ⁇ 75nm, from on a dynamic particle size analyzer.
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