A MEMS Clearinghouse® and information portal
for the MEMS and Nanotechnology community
RegisterSign-In
MEMSnet Home About Us What is MEMS? Beginner's Guide Discussion Groups Advertise Here
News
MEMSnet Home: MEMS-Talk: Removing PDMS from SIO2
Removing PDMS from SIO2
2007-04-04
Petru Lunca Popa
2007-04-04
Xiaoguang "Leo" Liu
2007-04-04
Petru Lunca Popa
2007-04-04
Xiaoguang "Leo" Liu
Removing PDMS from SIO2
Xiaoguang "Leo" Liu
2007-04-04
Hi Petru

PDMS is pretty hard to remove once "hard" bonded to SiO2. You can try
to use a blade or your tweezers to rip off the majority of the PDMS
and try HCL:HNO3 3:1 to remove the residual. It worked for me once.

Best
Leo

On 4/4/07, Petru Lunca Popa  wrote:
> Hi
> I sticked some PDMS on a SIO2. Doesa anybody has any iddea how to remove it?
> I tried with Chloroform and THF and didnt work. I dont want to polish
> or do something which can possible destroy the Si oxide layer
>
reply
Events
Glossary
Materials
Links
MEMS-talk
Terms of Use | Contact Us | Search
MEMS Exchange
MEMS Industry Group
Coventor
Harrick Plasma
Tanner EDA
Mentor Graphics Corporation
Nano-Master, Inc.
The Branford Group
Process Variations in Microsystems Manufacturing