Issue 37, 2017
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Soft Matter

Observation of chemically protected polydimethylsiloxane: towards crack-free PDMS†

N. Y. Adly, ORCID logo a   H. Hassani, ORCID logo a   A. Q. Tran,a   M. Balski,b   A. Yakushenko, ORCID logo a   A. Offenhäusser, ORCID logo a   D. Mayer ORCID logo a  and  B. Wolfrum ORCID logo *ac  

* Corresponding authors

a JARA-SOFT, Institute of Complex Systems ICS-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany

b Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics—Analytics (ZEA-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany

c Neuroelectronics, MSB, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM) & BCCN Munich, Boltzmannstrasse 11, Garching, Germany
E-mail: bernhard.wolfrum@tum.de

Abstract

The current modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates via oxygen plasma treatment causes surface cracks. Here, we demonstrate a method to prevent crack formation by chemical treatment. Chemical modification renders the surface hydrophilic for several days and is effective in preserving the elasticity of the PDMS surface at the nanoscale level.

Graphical abstract: Observation of chemically protected polydimethylsiloxane: towards crack-free PDMS

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM01457K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jul 2017
Accepted
07 Sep 2017
First published
07 Sep 2017

Soft Matter, 2017,13, 6297-6303

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Observation of chemically protected polydimethylsiloxane: towards crack-free PDMS

N. Y. Adly, H. Hassani, A. Q. Tran, M. Balski, A. Yakushenko, A. Offenhäusser, D. Mayer and B. Wolfrum, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 6297 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01457K

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