Enhancing Electrode Properties with Laser Restructuring

The materials that go into medical devices — particularly implantable electrical devices — have to strike a unique balance of properties. Once you consider biocompatibility and all the required physical and mechanical properties, there are very few metals that will make the grade. In fact, for electrode materials, you won't get much further than platinum and gold. And while innovative new alloys do occasionally emerge, there are usually limited opportunities to solve engineering problems by turning to entirely new materials.