- We tend to degas all aqueous solutions that pass through our devices under a reasonably strong vacuum (about 5 mmHg) for at least 30 minutes after heating to about 40 degC. That ensures that they are pretty thoroughly degassed. - Degassing PDMS may help, but I doubt it as the vapour from the solution passing through the device will diffuse into the PDMS anyway (assuming the parylene hasn't coated the inside channels). - Have you tried parylene coating before bonding. Masking the surfaces to be bonded in the future, parylene coating, removing the masking layer, UV/O3 treatment and bonding as normal. This will affect the parylene layer obviously, but for the brief period of UV/O3 treatment it shouldn't be too bad. Good luck Dr Matt Davies Post-doctoral Research Assistant Science & Technology Research Institute University of Hertfordshire College Lane HATFIELD AL10 9AB UK e : m.davies@herts.ac.uk t : +44 (0) 1707 28 61 74 f : +44 (0) 1707 28 1306