Saurabh, My company Yield Engineering Systems manufacture anti-stiction equipment to overcome this problem. The stiction is always present whenever one material contacts another material especially if there is some moisture or electrostatic attraction. Providing a hydrophobic and insulating layer between the parts that contact. Contact me directly and I will send you more details. bmoffat@yieldengineering.com or 408 954 8353 Bill Moffat -----Original Message----- From: Saurabh Nishant [mailto:nishu7uf@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 4:16 AM To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: [mems-talk] polysilicon stiction problem Dear MEMS colleagues, I am a student at indian institute of science and facing the problem of stiction in polysilicon cantilivers after sacrificial layer etching.I would appreciate if any one can suggest me some means to overcome this problem.I suspect both the resifual stress and capillary forces are reponsible.Any help would be highly appreciated. thanks. regards nishant --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search _______________________________________________ MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/