Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.

Abstract: A three dimensional multilayer barrier. The barrier includes a first barrier continuous layer adjacent to a substrate; a first discontinuous decoupling layer adjacent to the first continuous barrier layer, the first discontinuous decoupling layer having at least two sections; and a second continuous barrier layer adjacent to the first discontinuous decoupling layer, the second barrier forming a wall separating the sections of the first discontinuous decoupling layer. A method of making the three dimensional multilayer barrier is also described.

Abstract: An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one edge-sealed barrier stack. The edge-sealed barrier stack includes a decoupling layer and at least two barrier layers. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between an edge-sealed barrier stack and either a substrate or another edge-sealed barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.