Characteristics and Advantages
- Hydrophobic, chemically resistant coating with good barrier properties for inorganic and organic media, strong acids, caustic solutions, gases and water vapor
- Low leakage current and a low dielectric constant (average in-plane and out-of-plane: 2.67 parylene N and 2.5 parylene AF-4, SF, HT)
- A biostable, biocompatible coating; FDA approved for various applications
- Dense pinhole free, with thickness above 1.4 nm
- Coating without temperature load of the substrates as coating takes place at ambient temperature in the vacuum
- Highly corrosion resistant
- Completely homogeneous surface
- Stable to oxidation up to 350 °C (Parylene AF-4, SF, HT)
- Low intrinsic thin film stress due to its room temperature deposition
- Low coefficient of friction (AF-4, HT, SF)
- Very low permeability to gases
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