Hi Bob: Thanks for your help. I have tried Piranha etching at room temperature for 1hour, but it doesnot work. Do you have any idea how long it should be left at 100C? Another thing is that I did not do the 100% oxygen plasma before piranha etching. Thanks. Regards, Yilei Zhang -----Original Message----- From: bobhendu@aol.com [mailto:bobhendu@aol.com] Subject: Re: [mems-talk] residues on RIE etched sio2 Yilei: You can first use 100% oxygen plasma to remove polymer then follow with H2SO4+H2O2 wet bath at 100 degrees C rinse with di water then place in HF solution for removal of SIO2 remaining mask. Bob Henderson