Silicone encapsulation of thin-film SiOx, SiOxNy and SiC for modern electronic medical implants: a comparative long-term ageing study

INIS

• silicones 100%
• implants 100%
• encapsulation 100%
• thin films 100%
• silicon carbides 100%
• aging 100%
• passivation 40%
• protection 30%
• impedance 20%
• tracks 20%
• films 20%
• metals 20%
• aluminium 20%
• devices 20%
• failures 10%
• miniaturization 10%
• hydration 10%
• x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy 10%
• dissolution 10%
• wave forms 10%
• scanning electron microscopy 10%
• corrosion 10%
• coatings 10%
• wires 10%
• electrochemistry 10%
• spectroscopy 10%
• plasma 10%
• polymers 10%
• layers 10%
• leakage current 10%
• reliability 10%
• phosphates 10%
• chemical vapor deposition 10%
• water 10%
• packaging 10%
• fourier transform spectrometers 10%
• electronic equipment 10%
• environment 10%
• size 10%
• periodicity 10%
• liquid crystals 10%
• ion beams 10%

Engineering

• Passivation 100%
• Aging 100%
• Open Circuit 25%
• Fourier Transform 25%
• Focused Ion Beam 25%
• Demonstrates 25%
• Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 25%
• Determines 25%
• Film Technology 25%
• Reliability Study 25%
• Delamination 25%
• Miniaturization 25%
• Networks (Circuits) 25%
• Electronic Devices 25%
• Corrosion 25%

Material Science

• Electronics 100%
• Polysiloxane 100%
• Medical Implant 100%
• Electronic Circuit 20%
• Metal 20%
• Aluminum 20%
• Dielectric Spectroscopy 10%
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 10%
• Electronic Device 10%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 10%
• Conductive Film 10%
• Photoemission Spectroscopy 10%
• Focused Ion Beam 10%
• Water 10%
• Medical Device 10%
• Liquid Crystal Polymer 10%
• Vapor 10%
• Corrosion 10%
• Coating 10%
• Phosphate Buffered Saline 10%