This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating a semiconductor substrate having a pattern disposed on a surface of the substrate. The methods can include a) supplying a sublimating material to a substrate having a pattern disposed on a surface thereof; b) maintaining the sublimating material on the surface for a time sufficient to modify the surface; c) solidifying the sublimating material on the surface; and d) removing by sublimation the sublimating material disposed on the surface.