Hi Yu, You can use UV Ozone exposure through shadow mask (if your feature size is not too small) or Lift-off scheme (pattern photoresist first, then deposit MPTS, and finally dissolve photoresist with acetone). Boris Kobrin, Ph.D. Director of Technology Applied Microstructures, Inc. 1020 Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131 (408) 907-2885 x2805 office (408) 594-0654 mobile boris_kobrin@appliedmst.com Message: 3 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:38:25 -0400 From: cyyfq@bu.edu Subject: [mems-talk] MPTS modified surface To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Message-ID: <20060510153825.oc1g3qklt44ososc@www.bu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Hello all, I have some questions about mercapto silane. after modified silicon surface with MPTS(mercapto silane), if I do these things on the sample,is the sueface character going to change? 1.spin PMMA. 2.do e-beam lithography. 3.develope with MIBK in IPA. which means, whether the surface can still be used to bind biotin, etc.? if you know any step above is going to destroy the mercapto silane, please let me know. same question to the surface further modified by biotin. best Yu Chen