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Parylene-C is a multifunctional polymer coating in the coating industry. In medical technology, it is approved for implants due to its biocompatibility. For example, it is used as a coating for electronic components and parts. The problem is that Parylene-C alone is too permeable to body water and the ions that are dissolved in it. Application as a coating material for long-term implants is therefore not possible. The infiltrating water not only corrodes the electronic components, but also reduces the adhesion between the Parylene-C and the coated surface. Therefore, layer systems of metal oxides and polymers are used for encapsulation. The aim of this work is to find out how different layer systems behave in relation to their water vapour transmission. Thicker systems should allow less water vapour to pass through than thinner ones. The task is to find this out using the test method for water vapour transmission barriers and to determine the water vapour transmission rate. It has been proven that in some cases the thicker layers performed worse than the thinner layer systems by a factor of ten. It has been shown that there is a relationship between the base substrate thickness, the thickness of the layer system and their flexibility.
Investigation of Long-Term Stability of Hybrid Systems-in-Foil (HySiF) for Biomedical Applications
(2020)
ALD can be used in medical technology to produce thin and stable protective coatings. For example, such coatings can be used as tarnish and oxidation protection for silver electrodes used in high-frequency surgery. For the investigation of the pretreatment method, platelets of sterling silver were used instead of silver electrodes. Three methods were used to pretreat the silver substrates. The first pretreatment method is cleaning with acetone and isopropanol. In the other two, the samples are additionally cleaned with a phosphoric acid etching mixture or citric acid. The pretreated substrates were coated using the atomic layer deposition method. 45 nm of aluminum oxide was deposited on the silver samples, followed by another 45 nm of titanium oxide. Subsequently, the samples were autoclaved in order to check the clinical routine and the reusability. The results show a significantly improved adhesion in contrast to samples that were not cleaned. The layer no longer flakes off the silver substrate. Nevertheless, small blisters appear on the protective layer after autoclaving. These indicate that the layer is weakened by the stress.
This work gives the theoretical background which is needed to understand what self-assembling monolayers are, how they work, how and for what they can be used. A closer look is taken on the possibility to create an area selective atomic layer deposition process. In a practical experiment the foundation for this process is laid. Therefor a silicon wafer is coated with gold using a evaporation process. The gold samples are exposed to the SAMs solution to grow them. Contact angle measurements as well as Fourier transform Infrared spectroscopy are used to check the existence of SAMs on the gold samples. Also there is investigated if different exposure times make any differences.