SiC protective coating for photovoltaic retinal prosthesis
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SiC protective coating for photovoltaic retinal prosthesis.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate plasma-enhanced, chemically vapor deposited (PECVD) amorphous silicon carbide (α-SiC:H) as a protective coating for retinal prostheses and other implantable devices, and to study their failure mechanisms in vivo. APPROACH Retinal prostheses were implanted in rats sub-retinally for up to 1 year. Degradation of implants was characterized by optical and scanning electron mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neural Engineering
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1741-2560,1741-2552
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/4/046016