if you have the option to use DRIE that will be the best option. if not then you can use HF in different concentrations; mostly 50% with water. that will be isotropic and not anisotropic; that means not vertical wall but will be smooth enough i guess. i hope this helps. Nimo --- On Sun, 8/16/09, renil kumarwrote: From: renil kumar Subject: [mems-talk] KOH etch To: "General MEMS discussion" Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 8:35 PM Hi all, I want to etch smooth vertical walls of depth 70 um in <110> oriented silicon. what is the best etch recipe to get a smooth wall of width 5um and a depth of 70um. any suggestion would be appreciated well, thanking you