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ArticleMicromachines2019

Reliability of Protective Coatings for Flexible Piezoelectric Transducers in Aqueous Environments.

Massimo Mariello, Francesco Guido, Vincenzo Mariano Mastronardi, Roberto Giannuzzi, Luciana Algieri, Antonio Qualteri, Alfonso Maffezzoli, Massimo De Vittorio

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Article in Micromachines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Massimo MarielloIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. massimo.mariello@iit.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2750-0422
Francesco GuidoIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. francesco.guido@iit.it.
Vincenzo Mariano MastronardiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. vincenzo.mastronardi@iit.it.
Roberto GiannuzziIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. roberto.giannuzzi@iit.it.
Luciana AlgieriPiezoskin s.r.l., 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. lalgieri@piezoskin.com.
Antonio QualteriIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. antonio.qualtieri@iit.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2207-8111
Alfonso MaffezzoliDipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy. alfonso.maffezzoli@unisalento.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6371-4030
Massimo De VittorioIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy. massimo.devittorio@iit.it.
Italian Institute of Technology · ITUniversity of Salento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic devices used for marine applications suffer from several issues that can compromise their performance. In particular, water absorption and permeation can lead to the corrosion of metal parts or short-circuits. The added mass due to the absorbed water affects the inertia and durability of the devices, especially for flexible and very thin micro-systems. Furthermore, the employment of such delicate devices underwater is unavoidably subjected to the adhesion of microorganisms and formation of biofilms that limit their reliability. Thus, the demand of waterproofing solutions has increased in recent years, focusing on more conformal, flexible and insulating coatings. This work introduces an evaluation of different polymeric coatings (parylene-C, poly-dimethyl siloxane (PDMS), poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA), and poly-(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)) aimed at increasing the reliability of piezoelectric flexible microdevices used for sensing water motions or for scavenging wave energy. Absorption and corrosion tests showed that Parylene-C, while susceptible to micro-cracking during prolonged oscillating cycles, exhibits the best anti-corrosive behavior. Parylene-C was then treated with oxygen plasma and UV/ozone for modifying the surface morphology in order to evaluate the biofilm formation with different surface conditions. A preliminary characterization through a laser Doppler vibrometer allowed us to detect a reduction in the biofilm mass surface density after 35 days of exposure to seawater.

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aqueous environmentscoatingflexible micro-devicespiezoelectric transducersreliabilityseawaterwaterproof

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PMID31683528
PMCPMC6915620
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