Derek, We are using a Crystalbond 509 glue from Aremco (www.aremco.com) for similar purpose. I guess it can stand the conditions you described. It's a plastic with melting point of ~130C, which can be applied directly to a hot glass, or you can dissolve it in acetone and spray on the substrate (although I never tried sprayting). It can be nicely removed by acetone or photoresist remover (we use 1165) Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Strembicke [SMTP:strem@knology.net] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 5:04 PM > To: mems-talk@memsnet.org > Subject: [mems-talk] Protecting die during wet chemical etching > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm interested in determining how people protect the side and back of die > during wet chemical etching (TMAH or KOH specifically). As you know this > is > usu. carried out at 80C and the desire is to have an inert material that > will not effect the chemistry of the etch. It also has to allow for > multiple > die, ease of handling, and post-etch die removal.