Coating and its role in semiconductor & medical devices
To put it in simpler words, semiconductor is a material that possesses electrical conductivity ranging in-between that of a conductor and an insulator. It is a vital component of most of our modern-day electronic gadgets. A semiconductors conductivity can be modified as desired by adding certain impurities.
As the name suggests, a coating is a special covering which is applied to substrate like semiconductors, medical devices, or various metals in order to improve their surface properties or enhance their efficiency. It can heighten the quality of appearance, adhesion, corrosion resistance, and scratch resistance – all in addition to extending a device’s durability.
Similar to semiconductors, medical devices, often made of stainless steel or other durable and light weight elements, as per their usage are required to exert minimum friction, excellent adhesion and most importantly controllable conductivity and usability tolerance. Most of these features are rendered via suitable medical device coating. Medical devices can range from a single non-ground wire to a multi-shaped, variable sized devices demanding extensive masking. Medical Device coatings can be of various types such as core Teflon wire coating; hypotubes wire coating, et al.