Dear Jessica,

you did not mention if the hydrophobic layer you are looking for needs to
have a certain thickness and what your substrate material is. In case the
substrate is a silicon wafer and the layer could be a monolayer, the easiest
way is to use the adhesion promoter HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) as the
hydrophobic chemical and pattern it with a standard alkaline developer (KOH,
NaOH).

You may try the following recipe:
1) prime your wafer with HMDS (e.g. heat up the wafer to 120 degC and let it
cool down in a HMDS saturated atmosphere)
3) coat the wafer with any type of a novolak based photoresist (AZ 1512,
S1813, ....)
4) pattern it with an appropriate lithography tool
5) develop it with an alkaline developer
6) remove the photoresist with acetone, NMP, etc.
7) you now have a patterned hydrphobic HMDS monolayer on your wafer

Best Regards,

Frank.

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> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:31:45 +0100
> From: Jessica Melin 
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> Subject: [mems-talk] Patterning A Hydrophobic Layer
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> Am searching for practical information / experience on patterning
> hydrophobic layers. For example, depositing a hydrophobic layer (i.e.
> C4F8) on a silicon substrate, spinning on positive or negative
> photoresist (achieving good coverage with or without the use of an
> adhesive intermediate layer), achieving good lithographic results,
> and etching the hydrophobic layer resulting in a patterned
> hydrophobic layer while the silicon retains its surface properties.
> Alternatively, using a successful lift-off process. Any experiences,
> information, recipes, etc would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jessica Melin
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