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SU-8 3000 vs 2000 adhesion
2010-12-11
Mikael Evander
2010-12-11
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2010-12-12
Mikael Evander
2010-12-12
Andrew Sarangan
2010-12-12
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Bill Moffat
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Bill Moffat
2010-12-13
Yifan Wu
2010-12-15
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Mikael Evander
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Mikael Evander
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Andrew Sarangan
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Dietrich Lueerssen
SU-8 3000 vs 2000 adhesion
Yifan Wu
2010-12-13
I always first deposit a very thin layer of SU-8 with no pattern on the
glass wafer as adhesion layer. Then go for thick layer SU-8 with the desired
pattern. Thinner layer of SU-8 has less stress due to the difference of
coefficient of thermal expansion.

Yifan Wu

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Mikael Evander wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I was wondering if anyone has some kind of input regarding how much better
> the adhesion of SU-8 3000 is compared to the 2000 formulation. I'm trying to
> make a 10- 20 um wide, 5 um high and up to 10 mm long "barrier"on a glass
> wafer. I did my first tests with SU-8 2005 this week and noticed that the
> adhesion was terrible. Very few of the barriers remained intact and after
> dicing the wafers most of them were gone. My wafers were piranha washed and
> HMDS-treated just before spinning the SU-8.
>
> I've been reading a bit and people usually recommend making sure that the
> exposure time is enough, doing a low temperature PEB, ramping of the hot
> plates, having a very clean and dehydrated wafer. Something that also comes
> up a lot is to use SU-8 3000 instead as it is supposed to have increased
> adhesion. My question is if anyone can comment on how well the 3000
> formulation seems to adhere to glass substrates. I need the structure to
> remain intact as it will be a mechanical part of a microfluidic device.
>
> Many thanks and have a great weekend!
>
>
> /Mikael
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