dear all, i'm ramakrishna working with quartz micromachining project. i've to realize few funny structures on fused quartz substrate. i did seveal infructuous attempts to achieve so, with conc. HF & BHF(including at elevated temperatures). for this i've been choosen Cr/Au metallization at 120C temp. the problem is while etching, at sometime the Au is starting peels off. i need thru hole on this quartz substrate. i hope one can understand mi problem. i need the info about related journals, books etc., thanks in advance. yours., T.Ramakrishna, Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy Music, Video, CD-ROM, Audio-Books and Music Accessories from http://www.planetm.co.in