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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1982–2001, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.199
Figure 1: Cross section of Guggenbichler’s “Erlanger Silberkatheter”.
Figure 2: Terminals of a typical balloon catheter. The pipe that connects the terminals has a typical length ...
Figure 3: CVD reactor used to deposit PPX. The film-building monomers enter the reactor on the left-hand side...
Figure 4: CVD process: The dimeric species di(p-xylylene) (DPX, left), which contains two ethyl bridges in ea...
Figure 5: Bending and torsion of the capillary during implantation or usage lead to delamination of the silve...
Figure 6: Left: The challenge of coating the interior wall of a closed-end capillary with an aspect ratio of ...
Figure 7: A “temperature seesaw” with several heating or cooling elements can equalize the density gradient t...
Figure 8: The thickness of the protecting cap layer with its retarding effect determines the thickness of the...
Figure 9: Apparatus for deposition of fragmented silver layers. Reprinted with permission from [19], copyright 20...
Figure 10: Deposition rate of PPX and counteracting argon pressure during the heating ramp [26,37]. Reprinted with pe...
Figure 11: Equivalent circuit of the electrode covered by a porous membrane with capacitance Cdl and ohmic res...
Figure 12: Experimental setup for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: Between two copper electrodes in an ...
Figure 13: (a) The low-resolution SEM micrograph of silver on a surface of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sh...
Figure 14: Silver layer deposited on the interior wall of a balloon catheter. (a) SEM micrograph of the cross ...
Figure 15: (a) The low-resolution SEM micrograph of silver on a rough polysilicone surface shows disconnected ...
Figure 16: (a,b) Deposition rate of parylene-N as a function of the reactor pressure; (c,d) deposition rate of...
Figure 17: (a) Parylene N deposited in pure atmosphere of p-xylylene at a total pressure of 6 mTorr; (b) paryl...
Figure 18: Surface morphology of parylene films deposited at various deposition pressures. Flow of the monomer...
Figure 19: Averaged pin hole density of PPX-N at 90% scan depth of AFM [61].
Figure 20: Nyquist diagrams of an metallic electrode covered by a porous membrane of PPX exhibiting a thicknes...
Figure 21: (a) Areal capacitance of CVD layers of PPX-C and resulting permittivity as function of thickness as...
Figure 22: The maximum in deposition rate is moved to the center of the capillary by establishing an appropria...
Figure 23: (a) Relative layer thickness (referred to the starting value at the mouth) as a function of the cap...
Figure 24: After 24 h, the released amount of Ag+ ions from the PPX layer does not depend on time and is almos...
Figure 25: Growth of (a) E. coli and (b) S. cohnii in artificial urine, exposed to a defined catheter area wit...