You should start with good surface quality substrate and make sure you base vacuum is ~10-7 with no water or oxygen. Shay -----Original Message----- From: mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Nataraj Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:52 AM To: mems-talk@memsnet.org Subject: [mems-talk] HELP REQUIRED IN AREA OF ALUMINUM SPUTTERING HAI, CAN ANY ONE GIVES IDEAS AS HOW TO IMPROVE THE WHITISH COLOR OF SPUTTERED ALUMINUM, RIGHT NOW MY SPUTTERED AL COLOR IS SILVER IN COLOR, ANY SUGGESTION TO IMPROVE THE BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR OF IT ? Regards, Nataraj Santhanam