Wht is the feature size of your pattern that is peeling off? If it is less than 20um, it can be because of the mylar mask. I had this problem before and figured out that if I use the chrome mask, the patterns are fine, but small patterns peel off (and some other issues like rough sidewalls) with mylar. We have published in this regard.. take a look at Jain A and Posner JD, Anal Chem, 2008, 80, 1691- hope this is of some help regards -Abhishek Jain On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM, madhav raowrote: > > Hi, > I am experiencing a problem in patterning on silicon-di-oxide wafers; I am using SHIPLEY 1818 resist to get a thickness of 2.5 micron; 6 seconds of exposure time. After developing for 60 seconds, I observe, the resist layer peels off; leaving no patterns on the wafer. Also I had soft-baked the resist at 95 C for 2 minutes in hot-plate. > This seems strange to me, as a month ago, I had successfully transferred the patterns on to silicon-di-oxide wafers. > I am using mylar film masks. > Please let me know, if any one had experienced similar problems before; and if so, could you let me know suggestions to solve ? > > Thanks > > Regards, > Madhav Rao, > Graduate student, > University of Alabama.