| 摘要 |
A rinsing liquid adheres in a piled up state to the entire front surface of the substrate which is rinsed with the rinsing liquid discharged from a rinse nozzle, thereby forming a so-called puddle-like rinse layer. An opposed surface of a proximity block is positioned in the vicinity of a front surface of a substrate and a liquid-tight layer is formed in a gap space between the opposed surface and the front surface of the substrate. In a condition that the liquid-tight layer is formed, the proximity block moves in the moving direction, and a solvent gas containing a solvent component, which dissolves in the liquid to reduce a surface tension, is supplied toward an upstream-side edge of the liquid-tight layer. |
