Yinyan, Great discussion! Can you tell me which substrate you are using to deposit Ti/Pt? I am having similar problems. Thanks, Evelyn On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Yinyan Gongwrote: > Dear Edward, > > Thanks for your help. I have deposited Ti followed by Au (sputtering > system) on the same substrate and did not have any problem. It seems that > the poor adhesion does not due to contamination from cleaning process. I > will check whether that is because of system contamination. I am just > wondering could that be posssible that Cr or Pt does not have good adhesion > to my substrates which are boron compounds and do not have excellent > crystalline quality? Thank you very much. > > Yinyan EVELYN BENABE Graduate Research Assistant RF Microsystems Research Group University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620 Office: ENB 412 Office Phone: (813)-974-4851 Email: benabe@mail.usf.edu