That depends. If you're going to evaporate water the surface should be hydrophilic. In this case oxidizing should do the trick. Roger Shile -----Original Message----- From: mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Moshe Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:14 PM To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: [mems-talk] Gold evaporation coating on silicon. Hello I want to coat silicon with evaporation coating, and to assurance that the adhesion between the two materials will be optimal. What will be the optimal treatment to achieve adhesion ?