The effects of annealing on mechanical, chemical, and physical properties and structural stability of Parylene C.

Parylene C is one of the established encapsulation polymers for chronic implants. We investigated the influence of annealing Parylene C on its mechanical properties, chemical structure, and on the stability of Parylene C - platinum - Parylene C sandwich structures as a model of flexible neural interfaces in 0.9 % saline solution.