Methods are presented herein for forming thermally stable, adhesive, low dielectric constant polyorganosilicon dielectric films for use as semiconductor insulators and as adhesion promoters as and in conjunction with low k materials. Surprisingly, the methods described herein can provide polyorganosilicon materials, coatings and films having very low dielectric constants that are generated from specified polycarbosilane starting materials employing wet coating and standard high energy generating processes, without the need for exotic production techniques or incurring disadvantages found in other low k dielectric film-forming methods. The polycarbosilane compounds, polyorganosilane compounds, adhesion promoter materials and layered materials disclosed herein can be used in any suitable semiconductor or electronic application, including semiconductor devices, electronic devices, films and coatings.

Polyorganosilicon dielectric coatings are prepared by subjecting specified polycarbosilanes to thermal or high energy treatments to generate cross-linked polyorganosilicon coatings having low k dielectric properties. The thermal process includes multi-step sequentially increasing temperature heating steps. The instantly prepared polyorganosilicon polymers can be employed as dielectric interconnect materials and film coatings for conductor wiring in semiconductor devices. These polyorganosilicon film coatings have the additional characteristics of relative thermal stability and excellent adhesion to substrate surfaces.