Hare, Try using an adhesion layer such as Cr or Ti. About 10nm should do. Good luck, Michael -----Original Message----- From: hare krishna [mailto:krishna_it_bhu@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:01 AM To: General MEMS discussion Subject: [mems-talk] Sticking of Ni/Au with Si and p-GaN Hi to all, Can anybody suggest me on this problem...i deposited first Ni(40nm) and then Au(80nm) on both Si and p-GaN under high vacuum after patterning for the Lift-off process...but at the time of Lift-off the whole deposited metal got stripped off...actually after deposition at room temperature i just heated the sample in-situ (in vacuum) at 100C for one hour...Is this the problem of sticking of Ni with Si and p-GaN or some other problem...Suggest me... Thank You Hare KrishnaM.Tech Student IIT Kanpur Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.