Patent ID: 8685529

Claim:
A coating for electronic hardware and MEMS system substrates, comprising: a) an organic underlayer, comprising well-ordered array of chemisorbed organic molecules, comprising molecules having an alkyl chain length of at least 8, formed on a substrate in a selective pattern having at least an exposed portion of the substrate absent the organic underlayer; and b) a protective layer applied over said organic underlayer, selected from the group consisting of at least one of: a ceramic material, an insulating polymer, ZrO 2 , yttrium stabilized zirconia, silicon dioxide, AlMgO, NiFeO, indium oxide, tin oxide, indium tin oxide, YBaCuO, BiSrCaCuO, LaSrMnO, NiO, CuO, FeAlO, Al 2 O 3 , aluminum nitride, TiN, BN, Si 3 N 4 , FeAlN, a thermally resistant polymer, and combinations thereof, wherein at least said protective layer is selectively formed by deposition from a solution of at least one precursor only over portions of the substrate previously having the organic underlayer, and not over uncoated portions of the substrate, and modifying the at least one precursor into the protective layer.