{"id":25974,"date":"2021-12-15T22:26:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paiqinano.com\/?p=25974"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:34:53","slug":"what-types-of-materials-can-be-parylene-coated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paiqinano.com\/?p=25974","title":{"rendered":"What Types of Materials can be Parylene Coated?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Diamond MT we often get the question: \u201cCan my\u00a0xxx\u00a0be parylene coated?\u201d\u00a0 The number of substrate surfaces that can be coated with parylene is plenty. In the table below a number of industrial applications that using Parylene conformal coatings are listed. The examples can be extended.<\/p>\n

Table:\u00a0Examples of devices that make use of Parylene conformal coatings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Printed circuit boards<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Implantable devices<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optical lenses<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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MEMs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Valves<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Power Supplies<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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LEDs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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O-rings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Backplanes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Catheters<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tubing<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Photoelectric Cells<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stents<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Silicon Wafers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Forceps<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Magnets<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Keypads<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Test tubes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Paper<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Stoppers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Probes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Needles<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Seals<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fiber Optic Components<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Sensors<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mandrels<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pace-makers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ferrite Cores<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Molds<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bobbins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Metallic Blocks<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Motor Assemblies<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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And many more\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Substrate surface \/ Parylene interaction \/ Substrate surface preparation, interface cleanliness, surface energy:\u00a0By Parylene CVD deposition it is possible to obtain stress-free and defect-free conformal coatings on almost all types of materials. Some examples of such coatings are shown in the Figure. (a) Sensors used in the automotive industry can be prone to high temperatures, hydrocarbons, moisture. Such environments cause the sensors Aluminum contact pads to corrode quickly. Use of parylene on these pads protect them and is commonly employed [1]. (b) Parylene is also used as a masking material in MEMS devices due to its capability to fill the crevices, in the image it fills under the undercut and act as a spacer to produce 100 nm wide nanowires (inset). In that study, it forms interfaces with a polymeric resist, Silicon, Silicon Carbide and Platinum [2]. In the figure (c and d) we see that the parylene can be applied to replace the glass packaging leading to a smaller dimension and weight in the package. Also, the parylene can be coated as a stack of layers combined with other thin layers such as SiO2\u00a0as shown in image c. The diversity in the applications and possibilities makes the Parylene a very attractive conformal coating.<\/p>\n

However, there are a few steps to follow before starting the deposition process. To prevent delamination, pinholes, cracks, wrinkles, blisters and other types of thin film defects different types of surfaces require different surface preparations. We discuss some of the common types below as bullet points:<\/p>\n

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Example Parylene\/Material systems:<\/p>\n

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    PCB:\u00a0The most common application area of Parylene is PCBs as a protective coating of the electronic components, bonds and the wires. It forms a protective layer against mechanical impact and diffusion of corrosive elements [11].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Silicon Wafer:\u00a0Wafer bonding intermediate layers [12], as a mask for silicon chemical etching [13],<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Ceramic \/ Glass:\u00a0A-174 silane solution pretreatment can improve the adhesion of the Parylene-C thin film on flat glass substrate specimens [14].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Metals \/ Alloys:\u00a0Parylene is widely used in coating sensor pads. (Figure (a) shows a plastic packaged silicon pressure sensor [1]) Parylene suffers from poor adhesion to itself and noble metals, such as gold and platinum. To promote their adhesion a commercially available adhesion promoter can be used and it was reported that a 100-fold increase in adhesive strength at such interfaces was achieved and the corresponding improvements in resistance to moisture driven delamination were observed[15].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Parylene \u2013 Metal \u2013 Parylene\u00a0sandwich structures are produced as flexible\u00a0electrodes, sensors, in general as biocompatible implants [16]\u2013[18].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Parylene \u2013 Parylene\u00a0deposition is possible but requires post-treatment to form a chemically stable interface by thermal treatment [16], [19].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Polymers:\u00a0Parylene C on photoresist can be achieved by improving the adhesion of the resist and Parylene introducing a modified silanization pretreatment including heat treatment to remove hydroxyl groups from the surface of the resist. [2]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    On oil: When the vapor pressure of the oil is low (<5\u00a0Pa) it is possible to deposit parylene on top[3]. Parylene coated on oil exhibits a small stress and it can be ignored [4]. Parylene-on-oil deposition (CVD) has been used for the preparation of long-term implantable pressure sensors [5], optical lenses out of oil [6]\u2013[8] and to make isolated parylene films by separating the parylene after deposition [9], [10].<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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