Lubricious Coatings

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, Jul 14, 2017

Contributing to good performance for internal medical appliances, lubricity is a conformal coating’s ability to lower operational friction that might retard its function and endanger patient health.  Lubricious coatings offer essential protection for appliances like cardiac-assist devices (CADs), catheters, elastomers, guidewires, and stents.  Compared to an uncoated device, lubricious films c

Solvent Resistance of Parylene

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, May 12, 2017

The parylene variants are resistant to solvents and protect substrates solvents.  This high level of security is maintained through temperatures of 150° C, seldom encountered in the actual use of PCBs or related electronics.  These properties are largely a development of the unique molecular structure of parylene polymers, rendering them:

Nano Coating vs Parylene

Posted by Sean Horn on Fri, Feb 24, 2017

Although its basic component is remarkably small – with 25,400,000 nanometers included in just one inch(!!) — nanotechnology encompasses a growing, interdisciplinary field with an unlimited future.  Nanowires and nanotubes are used in transistors for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and associated electronic assemblies.  Bio-nanobatteries, capacitators, LCDs, and microprocessors represent j