Project

Polymer/ALD multilayer stacks as ultra-hermetic flexible barrier for long-term implantable microelectronic devices

Code
G086717N
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Nanotechnology
    • Design theories and methods
    • Materials science and engineering
Keywords
research
 
Project description

Implantable microelectronic devices enable important applications for biosensing, neural probing, drug delivery, etc. However, one of the greatest challenges in such device development is to encapsulate the miniaturized electronics into a fully hermetic package. This project therefore aims to develop a thin, flexible, biocompatible package which is fully hermetic by combining ultrathin ALD layers with optimized plasma and chemical treatments.