Heiko, You could try a Cr/Ni/Au stack, but I never have heated a wafer that high before with a mask. Also, are you using 49 percent HF or Buffered HF? Concentrated HF tends to undercut most masks. Brent Heiko Prüßner wrote: > Dear all, > > I had a 20nmCr/ 200nmAu film sputtert on silicon. This setup has been treated at 350°C for an hour. At the final Hf etching step which I used to remove the BOX of an SOI wafer the Au film peeled of. > > Does anybody have an explanation? Do I need a diffusion barrier between the Cr and the Au? Or has anyone a suggestion for another adhesion layer? >