Roger, The substrate stays at the lowest temperature during a metal deposition when using e-beam evaporation. Lay off the Kool-Aid. YOU are not cool by any means! Brent Original Message: ----------------- From: Roger Shile rshile@nanoink.net Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 17:40:44 -0800 To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: RE: [mems-talk] Depositing metals onto plastics and SU-8 Contrary to many postings here, E-beam evaporation is thermal evaporation; the charge is not cool by any means. Roger Shile