Provided herein are chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurries and
methods for producing the same. Embodiments of the invention include CMP
slurries that include (a) a metal oxide; (b) a quaternary ammonium base;
and (c) a fluorinated surfactant. In some embodiments, the fluorinated
surfactant is a non-ionic perfluoroalkyl sulfonyl compound. Also provided
herein are methods of polishing a polycrystalline silicon surface,
including providing a slurry composition according to an embodiment of
the invention to a polycrystalline silicon surface and performing a CMP
process to polish the polycrystalline silicon surface.