The present work is dedicated to the development of high performance integrated circuits for wireless communications, by acting of three different levels: technologies, devices, and circuits. Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology is used in the frame of this work. Micromachining technologies are also investigated for the fabrication of three-dimensional tunable capacitors. The reliability of micromachined thin-film devices is improved by the coating of silanes in both liquid- and vapor-phases. Since in telecommunication applications, distortion is responsible for the generation of spurious frequency bands, the linearity behavior of different SOI transistors is analyzed. The validity range of the existing low-frequency nonlinear characterization methods is discussed. New simple techniques valid at both low- and high-frequencies, are provided, based on the integral function method and on the Volterra series. Finally, the design of a crucial nonlinear circuit, the voltage-controlled oscillator, is introduced. The describing function formalism is used to evaluate the oscillation amplitude and is embedded in a design methodology. The frequency tuning by SOI varactors is analyzed in both small- and large-signal regimes.

This thesis presents methods for the wafer-level integration of shape memory alloy (SMA) and electrostatic actuators to functionalize MEMS devices. The integration methods are based on heterogeneous integration, which is the integration of different materials and technologies. Background information about the actuators and the integration method is provided. SMA microactuators offer the highest work density of all MEMS actuators, however, they are not yet a standard MEMS material, partially due to the lack of proper wafer-level integration methods. This thesis presents methods for the wafer-level heterogeneous integration of bulk SMA sheets and wires with silicon microstructures. First concepts and experiments are presented for integrating SMA actuators with knife gate microvalves, which are introduced in this thesis. These microvalves feature a gate moving out-of-plane to regulate a gas flow and first measurements indicate outstanding pneumatic performance in relation to the consumed silicon footprint area. This part of the work also includes a novel technique for the footprint and thickness independent selective release of Au-Si eutectically bonded microstructures based on localized electrochemical etching. Electrostatic actuators are presented to functionalize MEMS crossbar switches, which are intended for the automated reconfiguration of copper-wire telecommunication networks and must allow to interconnect a number of input lines to a number of output lines in any combination desired. Following the concepts of heterogeneous integration, the device is divided into two parts which are fabricated separately and then assembled. One part contains an array of double-pole single-throw S-shaped actuator MEMS switches. The other part contains a signal line routing network which is interconnected by the switches after assembly of the two parts. The assembly is based on patterned adhesive wafer bonding and results in wafer-level encapsulation of the switch array. During operation, the switches in these arrays must be individually addressable. Instead of controlling each element with individual control lines, this thesis investigates a row/column addressing scheme to individually pull in or pull out single electrostatic actuators in the array with maximum operational reliability, determined by the statistical parameters of the pull-in and pull-out characteristics of the actuators. / QC20100729

Numerous organisms produce ornately detailed inorganic structures (often known as shells) with features on length scales from 50 nm to several centimeters. One class of such organisms are the diatoms; microscopic algae that form silica frustules. Another group of algae, the coccolithophorids, produce similar calcium carbonate structures. Over 100,000 species comprise these two classes of algae, every one of which is endowed with a unique cytoskeleton structure. Using various types of displacement reactions, the chemistry of the original structure can be modified to produce a new material. Magnesium vapor has been found to displace the silicon in diatom frustules to yield an MgO structure. The conversion has been reported at temperatures from 650°C to 900°C. In the current work, the conversion and processing of silica frustules to MgO was examined in depth. The effect of reaction temperature on grain size and extent of conversion was evaluated. With the goal of obtaining high purity MgO structures, various methods for removing the silicon products of reaction were investigated. Wet chemistry and high temperature vapor etches were evaluated. The MgO reaction served as an intermediate step in the production of magnesium tungstate diatoms, which were imbued with photoluminescent properties. Reactions were identified to allow the conversion of calcium carbonate (calcite) structures to alternative chemistries. Calcite sand-dollars were converted to calcium tungstate or calcium molybdate by aqueous solution chemistry. In this process, sand dollar tests (shells) and coccolithophore frustules were reacted with ammonium para-molybdate or ammonium para-tungstate. The reactions were evaluated for shape preservation, phase purity, and photoluminescence of the structures.

The task of master’s thesis was to perform optimalization process for preparing metal etching mask by electron beam litography and subsequent selective wet ething of silicon with crystalographic orientation (100). Further characterization of etched surface and fabricated structures was performed. In particular, attention was given to the morphology demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy and study changes of the optical properties of gold plasmonic antennas due to their undercut.

Suite à la première thèse sur le greffage et l’adsorption physique successives de sélecteurs chiraux dans des tubes ouverts en électrochromatographie capillaire (ECC ou CEC) chirale, menée par le Dr Guillaume Pédéhontaa-Hiaa au sein de l’équipe du laboratoire COBRA (IUT d’Evreux), nous avons développé des phases stationnaires chirales covalentes (CSPs) à base de cyclodextrines (CDs) en tubes ouverts et des CSPs sur supports monolithiques pour l’emploi en CEC. Nous avons ainsi évalué les paramètres électrochromatographiques et la stabilité de ces CSPs en séparant une variété de racémiques neutres et chargés. L’influence de la température d’analyse, le potentiel appliqué ainsi que la nature et le pH des électrolytes sur la qualité des électrochromatogrammes ont été étudié en CEC chirale. Cette étude se divise en deux grandes parties. La première concerne les CSPs élaborées sur colonnes à tubes ouverts pour l’OT-CEC. Il s’agit initialement de graver la surface interne d’un capillaire de silice de 50 μm de diamètre interne à l’aide d’une solution de bifluorure d’ammonium dans le but premier d’augmenter considérablement sa surface spécifique et d’immobiliser en surface une grande quantité de sélecteurs chiraux à base de β-CD. Nous avons alors décrit des greffages covalents de CDs anioniques (Scc-β-CD et CM-β-CD) et d’un polymère anionique de CDs (p-CM-β-CD-) en surface de capillaire de gel de silice gravée et modifiée chimiquement par l’aminopropyltriéthoxysilane (APTEOS). Les greffages des sélecteurs ont été reproduits dans les mêmes conditions que dans la thèse rapportée précédemment en électrophorèse. L’originalité de la construction de ces CSPs réside dans la rapidité et la simplicité du couplage dit péptidique à température ambiante, des sélecteurs carboxylés sur des colonnes préalablement gravées. Ce greffage nécessite des agents de couplage peptidique solubles dans l’eau tels que 1-Ethyl-3-(diméthylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) et le N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS). Il peut aussi être obtenu de manière moins efficace avec d’autres agents solubles en milieu organique tels que le O-(Benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N’,N’-tétraméthyluronium tétrafluoroborate et la triéthylamine (TBTU/TEA). Chaque étape menant aux CSPs a été caractérisée par une étude de flux électroosmotique (FEO) en OT-CEC. Des analyses en AFM et en MEB nous renseignent d’avantage sur le succès du procédé « etching » de nos capillaires. La deuxième grande partie de cette étude traite de la synthèse in-situ de CSPs sur des colonnes de type polymères monolithes organiques et un monolithe hybride à base de sol gel. Des post modifications de surface de ces supports monolithiques nous ont permis d’immobiliser de façon covalente et non covalente des sélecteurs de β-CD en surface des volumes macroporeux. Deux collaborations ont vu le jour pour atteindre ces objectifs. La première eut lieu avec le Dr Thuy Tran et le Pr Myriam Taverna de la Faculté de Pharmacie de Chatenay Malabry (UMR 8612), durant laquelle nous avons reproduit une colonne monolithe organique de type méthacrylate, porteuse de groupements phosphate dans l’optique d’adsorber physiquement en surface le polymère cationique de CDs (p-CD+) que nous a transféré le Pr Benjamin Carbonnier et d’évaluer les capacités de discrimination chirale de cette nouvelle CSP en m-CEC. La seconde collaboration a eu lieu avec le Dr Mohamed Guerrouache et le Pr Benjamin Carbonnier au sein du laboratoire ICMPE de Thiais, où nous avons synthétisé des colonnes monolithiques organiques à base d’acrylates dans le but de greffer en surface de façon covalente et non covalente les CDs et polymères de CDs et d’évaluer ces nouvelles CSPs en m-CEC. La troisième phase stationnaire monolithique employée est celle décrite par le Dr Huihui Yang qui décrit un monolithe hybride porteur de groupements sulfonates nous permettant par la suite d’immobiliser électrostatiquement le p-CD+ sur le réseau poreux et d’évaluer cette nouvelle CSP en m-CEC. / New chiral stationary phases have been prepared for Open Tubular and monolithic columns used in electrochromatography capillary. In order to separate racemic mixtures such as flavonoïd, Hidantoïn derivatives, Binaphtalene-2, 2-hydrogenophosphate and others chiral solutes, we use the β-cyclodextrin forms as chiral selector. Besides, β-cyclodextrin seems to be the most efficient chiral selector in chromatography since it is able to complex and dissolve optical organic isomers in an aqueous media, this chiral selector is able to dissolve even lipophilic molecule with high weight. The complexation is based on interactions with β-cyclodextrin. This study aims to elaborate new chiral stationary phase for CEC using β-cyclodextrin polymers and β-cyclodextrin derivatives. Two approaches were used: Firstly, covalent stationary phases coating with carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymers and oligomers containing carboxyl’s group had been experimented for open tubular and monolithic column in CEC. Then a non-covalent coating cationic polymer of β-cyclodextrin’s derivatives was immobilized (polytrimethyl ammonium β-CD) on continuous organic monoliths bearing anionic’s group. Prior to the covalent coating of the CD’s chiral selector for OT-CEC and m-CEC, we needed to modify the silicate surface and the monolithic surface with a primary amine silicate1,2 (aminopropyltriethoxysilane) and EDA, an amino-organic moiety (Ethylene diamine). The stability of the bonded organic moiety (APTEOS, EDA) were studied by CEC at different pH with constant ionic strength’s buffer. In this way, graft of carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer on silica inner surface modified by APTEOS and on NAS-co-EDMA surface modified by EDA succeeded in activating and covalently coupling reagent as EDC and NHS (1-ethyl-3(-3-dimethtylaminopropyl) carbodiimide and N-hydroxysuccinimide, respectively3) with carboxymethyl’s group of carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin . The resultant stationary phase lead to stable chiral stationary phases, easier to prepare starting by coupling the selector to the amine’s group using EDC and NHS. In order to optimize enantio-separations by increasing the specific surface of open tubular columns, we reproduce the etching process to bared capillaries with ammonium bifluoride solution, referred to Pesek’s process4. By this mean, we increase dramatically the specific surface of bared capillaries before anchoring CDs polymers to silicate surfaces modified by APTEOS. Finally due to etching process, we obtain a covalent bonded Chiral Stationary Phase (CSP) which led to more efficient and resolvent enantio-separations by CEC. To describe, in another way, the non-covalent coating of CSP, we immobilised a cationic polymer (polytrimethyl ammonium β-CD+) on two kind of continuous organic and silica hybrid monoliths bearing sulfonate5 and phosphate’s groups. Based on precedent results for OT-CEC enantio-separation with LbL stationary phase7, using successive layers charged polymers to separate racemic mixture in CEC, we decided to adsorb a polycationic polymer hydrosoluble onto the silica hybrid monolith column to form chiral stationary phase (CSP) polytrimethyl ammonium β-cyclodextrin. This way of modification for monolithic surface by chiral selectors is nowadays highly efficient and attractive for CEC. The effect of the matrix and the coating’s nature are discussed by comparing the chromatographic parameters.

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschreibt die Entwicklung und Herstellung von Fabry-Pérot Interferometern (FPI) für die spektrale Analyse von Gasen und Flüssigkeiten. Die FPI werden miniaturisiert mittels Siliziumtechnologie hergestellt und ermöglichen kleine Mikrospektrometer mit hohem Auflösungsvermögen. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht Technologie- und Herstellungskonzepte für den sichtbaren (VIS) und infraroten (IR) Spektralbereich mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Reflektorkonzepten. Im VIS-Spektralbereich erfolgt neben der Entwicklung von Bragg-Reflektoren auch die Betrachtung von strukturierten, dielektrischen Membrangittern und strukturierten Metallgittern auf dielektrischen Membranen für eine Einsatzmöglichkeit im FPI. Dabei wird ebenfalls die Entwicklung einer Herstellungs- und Strukturierungstechnologie für hochbrechendes Titandioxid durchgeführt, um einen Bragg-Reflektor mit höheren Brechzahlkontrast zu realisieren. Im IR-Spektralbereich stellen drei Bragg-Reflektorvarianten aus polykristallinem Silizium und Luft den Inhalt dieser Dissertation dar. Die hergestellten Reflektoren werden hinsichtlich ihrer Funktion messtechnisch charakterisiert und die Strukturintegration in einem FPI und Etalon anhand von ausgewählten Reflektoren vorgestellt.

競爭是現代社會中無所不在的行為，國家或企業透過產業競爭分析、企業競爭分析，乃至市場分析及技術預測（Technological Forecast），才能知己知彼並且擬定正確的決策。對科技產業而言，若企業無法隨時掌握技術發展的趨勢，儘早投入技術研發或調整企業的經營策略。不久之後，市場便會被其他競爭對手所佔據。所幸，沒有一項技術發明是直接由發明者的腦袋直接跳到廣泛應用的境地。其間總是經過好幾個連續階段，每一個階段都使得「實用性」及「有用性」更成熟。因此若能掌握科技發展的脈絡，早期投入研發，便能維持企業的競爭優勢。 專利資訊可以用來評估與預測技術發展、規劃研發或技術發展項目、避免誤觸專利權而浪費研發資源、掌握企業發展動向及市場需求。許多企業和政府機關已經發現專利分析的重要性，並且投入大量的人力、物力來進行專利分析的工作。然而，專利的申請日和公開日之間還是存在至少18個月的時滯，若企業過渡倚賴專利資訊的分析，容易使後續的研發資源投入競爭激烈的技術紅海當中。因此若要充分掌握前瞻技術發展的脈動，基礎研究趨勢分析相對於專利趨勢分析，其重要性有過之而無不及。 在分析方法方面，現存的書目記錄以科學與技術類佔大多數，因此，以書目計量學為工具，自然成為研究「科學」技術整體發展的主流。除了傳統的計量分析之外，利用自動化的方法，挖掘大量文件中的隱含及有用知識，也是最近熱門的研究議題。對探勘技術而言，關聯分析、分群、預測等探勘技術，也漸漸成為技術預測不可或缺的工具之一。 過去曾有眾多的研究利用書目計量來分析學術論文或專利資訊，而最近幾年則陸續出現利用文字探勘來分析學術論文或專利資訊，但這樣的分析結果是片段而不完全的。本研究提出整合性的概念，同時結合計量分析（Bibliometrics）與文字探勘（Text Mining）兩種方法，分別對學術論文（Science Citation Index Expanded）與專利資訊（Derwent World Patents Index）這兩種文獻資料作分析，透過互相比較來瞭解技術發展的趨勢。除此之外，也希望透過個案分析，對本研究所提出之方法論本身，探討之間的關聯性。 在選擇個案方面，奈米科技是目前最熱門的科技產業發展方向。其中最具代表性的產業即「半導體產業」和「微機電系統產業」。蝕刻（Etching）製程與設備技術的良劣，直接影響晶圓產品良率的高低，是影響奈米科技未來發展的重要技術之一。故蝕刻技術之發展趨勢值得深入研究。 而本研究之研究結論如下： 1.技術趨勢分析在層次上宜由遠（計量分析）而近（文獻探勘），理論（論文資料）與應用（專利資料）應並重，分析結果才能互補長短。 2.科學發展與市場需求為專利技術生命週期的領先指標。 3.科學發展增加技術商業化的應用，但市場需求則強化了創新擴散的效果。 4.蝕刻技術的基礎研究目前處於成熟期，而技術發展目前處於成長期。在電子產品輕薄短小、高效能的需求下，預期蝕刻技術將持續被商業化應用。 5.蝕刻技術的領先地位，美商已逐漸被亞洲企業所取代，尤其近來南韓的半導體廠商最為積極。台灣的台積電和聯電過去已累積雄厚的技術發展基礎，惟台灣在基礎研究與產學合作方面仍待加強。

Der Siliciumauflöseprozess in HF-HNO3-H2SO4/H2O-Lösungen unterscheidet sich vom Ätzprozess in HF-HNO3-H2O-Standardmischungen in Bezug auf die Reaktivität gegenüber Silicium, erzielte Oberflächenmorpholgien sowie die beim Ätzen entstehenden gelösten und gasförmigen Produkte. Durch die Behandlung in H2SO4-reichen HF-HNO3-H2SO4/H2O-Lösungen werden auf Siliciumwafern Texturen mit hoher Rauigkeit und geringer Reflexion erzeugt. mc-Si-Solarzellen texturiert durch eine H2SO4-reiche Ätzlösung weisen vergleichend zu Solarzellen mit Standardtexturen höhere Wirkungsgrade auf. In HF-HNO3-H2SO4/H2O-Lösungen mit hohen Schwefelsäurekonzentrationen (c(H2SO4) > c(H2O)) wirkt sowohl das Salpetersäuremolekül HNO3 als auch das Nitrylion NO2+ als Oxidationsmittel. Trifluorsilan HSiF3 und Hexafluordisiloxan F3SiOSiF3 wurden erstmalig als gasförmige Produkte des sauren nasschemischen Ätzens identifiziert. Anhand von Modellreaktionen zur Reaktivität von Nitrylionen wurde deren Reduktionssequenz im Siliciumätzprozess aufgeklärt.

Les biocapteurs sont utilisés quotidiennement pour déterminer la présence de molécules biologiques dans une matrice complexe, comme l’urine pour les tests de grossesses ou le sang pour les glucomètres. Les techniques courantes pour la détection des autres maladies nécessitent fréquemment le marquage de l’analyte avec une autre molécule, ce qui est à éviter pour fin de simplicité d’analyse. Ces travaux ont pour but la maximisation de la sensibilité d’une surface d’or ou d’argent nanotrouée, afin de permettre la détection de la liaison de molécules biologiques par résonance des plasmons de surface localisés (LSPR), en utilisant la spectroscopie de transmission. Un biocapteur portable, rapide et sans marquage pour quantifier des analytes d’intérêt médical ou environnemental pourrait être construit à partir de ces travaux. Dans l’objectif d’étudier de nombreuses configurations pour maximiser la sensibilité, le temps et le coût des méthodes de fabrication de nanostructures habituelles auraient limité le nombre de surfaces nanotrouées pouvant être étudiées. Un autre objectif du projet consiste donc au développement d’une technique de fabrication rapide de réseaux de nanotrous, et à moindres coûts, basée sur la lithographie de nanosphères (NSL) et sur la gravure au plasma à l’oxygène (RIE). La sensibilité à la variation d’indice de réfraction associée aux liaisons de molécules sur la surface du métal noble et la longueur d’onde d’excitation du plasmon de surface sont influencées par les caractéristiques des réseaux de nanotrous. Dans les travaux rapportés ici, la nature du métal utilisé, le diamètre ainsi que la périodicité des trous sont variés pour étudier leur influence sur les bandes LSPR du spectre en transmission pour maximiser cette sensibilité, visant la fabrication d’un biocapteur. Les surfaces d’argent, ayant un diamètre de nanotrous inférieur à 200 nm pour une périodicité de 450 nm et les nanotrous d’une périodicité de 650 nm démontre un potentiel de sensibilité supérieur. / Biosensors are used daily to determine the presence of biomolecules in a complex matrix, like urine for pregnancy test or blood with a glucometer. The usual biodetection methods require the addition of a tag on the analyte, which is to be avoided to design a simple analytical method. The objective of this work is to maximize the sensitivity of a gold or silver nanohole arrays to detect the biomolecules liaisons close to the metal surface by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in transmission spectroscopy. A portable and effective biosensor to quantify analytes could be built based on this work, without a tagging step. To achieve the objective of evaluating numerous configurations for maximal sensitivity, the time and cost of the usual nanostructures fabrication methods would have limited the number of nanohole arrays in metal surface that could have been studied in this project. This fact motivated another objective of this project, the development of a fast and low cost fabrication method for nanohole arrays using nanospheres lithography (NSL) followed by reactive ions etching (RIE). The plasmon sensitivity and wavelength excitation are influenced by the nanohole arrays characteristics. In the work presented here, the chemical composition of the metal surface, the diameter and the periodicity of the nanohole arrays are shown to the influence the LSPR bands. The transmission maximum and minimum position of some LSPR bands are sensitive to refractive index change, which can be exploited in a biosensor format to detect biomolecules. The optimization of these nanohole arrays characteristics allows the maximization of this sensitivity to build a biosensor. The best index refraction sensitive results were with silver surfaces, with nanohole diameters smaller than 200 nm for a periodicity of 450 nm and the nanoholes with a periodicity of 650 nm show a potential for an increased sensitivity.

A presença de lesões de cárie localizadas em áreas de difícil acesso para realização de isolamento absoluto torna a contaminação do campo operatório um fator de grande importância para o sucesso de uma restauração adesiva, apesar da grande variedade de sistemas adesivos de uso simplificado existentes atualmente no mercado odontológico. Os estudos que envolvem contaminação por sangue existentes na literatura expõem diferentes métodos de manipulação do contaminante, quanto a adição ou não de um anticoagulante bem como quanto a possibilidade de armazenamento deste. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar, através do ensaio de microcisalhamento, a metodologia mais adequada para obtenção, manipulação do sangue e a eficiência de diferentes substâncias de uso corrente no consultório odontológico para remoção do contaminante de uma superfície dental. No experimento 1 deste trabalho, 6 dentes foram seccionados ao meio, no sentido do longo eixo e distribuídos em grupos, de acordo com o período de armazenamento do sangue heparinizado (0 hora, 24 horas, 7 dias) utilizado para contaminá-los previamente a aplicação do sistema adesivo autocondicionante de passo único (Clearfill S3 Bond). No expermiento 2, 18 dentes foram seccionados da mesma forma e distribuídos em grupos de acordo com o contaminante utilizado (ausência de contaminante, sangue fresco e sangue heparinizado-este utilizado pelo período máximo de tempo determinado pelo experimento anterior). No experimento 3 deste trabalho, 39 dentes foram seccionados e distribuídos em grupos de acordo com o agente de limpeza utilizado para remoção do contaminante (água oxigenada, Dakin e tergentol). Nesta fase foi avaliada a eficiência dos agentes de limpeza na restauração dos valores de adesão dos tecidos dentais aos valores obtidos em condições sem contaminação. Em todos os experimentos, inicialmente foram realizados os testes em esmalte e em seguida os dentes foram desgastados para realização dos testes em dentina, nas mesmas condições. Após a realização dos testes de microcisalhamento, observamos os tipos de fraturas ocorridas e as médias dos valores de resistência adesiva obtidos por cada metade de dente calculada. Os resultados obtidos nos permitiram concluir que o sangue heparinizado pode ser armazenado para posterior utilização por até 7 dias sem perder suas características de contaminante. A escolha relativa ao tipo de sangue que se deve utilizar - sangue fresco ou sangue heparinizado fica a critério do pesquisador e suas conveniências experimentais. Todas as substâncias testadas como agente de limpeza (líquido de Dakin, Tergentol e água oxigenada) na remoção do contaminante sobre esmalte e dentina foram eficientes para restabelecer os valores de resistência de união do sistema adesivo autocondicionante de passo único. Adicionalmente, a simples aplicação do jato de água sobre a superfície de esmalte e dentina contaminada é suficiente para a recuperação dos valores de resistência adesiva. / Although new self-etching adhesive systems provide a faster application due to a reduced number of components and application steps, the risk of contamination by oral fluids is not eliminated. Achieving good moisture control is a common problem in restorative dentistry. Blood contamination can occur especially when rubber dam isolation is not feasible, like carious lesions found near to gingival margin. To simulate gingival bleeding in laboratory study, some investigators have used freshly capillary blood, on the other hand other investigators have used venous blood sample with an anticoagulant. Among the studies that used venous blood with anticoagulant, some authors used this blood immediately after. However, other authors used the collected blood sample within one week. Based on this variety of blood manipulation, the aim of the present study was to investigate, in the first phase, the influence of storage period of the heparinized blood on microshear bond strength of a 1-step self-etching adhesive system to enamel and dentin. In second phase, the influence of heparinized venous blood vs. fresh capillary blood on microshear bond strength of a 1-step self-etching adhesive system to enamel and dentin was tested. In the third phase of this study the efficiency of different cleaning agents (Dakins solution, Tergentol and Hidrogen peroxide) on microshear bond strength of a 1-step self-etching adhesive system to enamel and dentin contaminated by blood was investigated. The results show that heparinized blood can be used to simulate gingival bleeding in laboratory study for up to 7 days without difference in its deleterious influence on adhesion tests. Contamination with fresh blood or heparinized blood resulted in lower values of adhesion, compared to enamel and dentin without contamination. All cleaning agents used in this study were efficient to recover the lost microshear bond strengths of blood contaminated enamel and dentin.