Hi, You may use other way such as thermal evaporation or ebeam evaporation. Sputtering deposition will cover the side wall of pattern, which is not good for lift-off. Regards Weiquan 2011/5/23 崔林> Hi, > > I am using the e-beam to pattern my sample, > the resulotion is not very high, just around 500nm, and my > sample is 10nm aluminum on sapphire. > > It is followed by sputtering 100nm metal aluminum. > After that, I use the aceton to do the lift-off. > > My problem is that the metal did not peel off as expected. I > appreciate any advice. > > Thank you!