Surface modification and aging studies of addition-curing silicone rubbers by oxygen plasma

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2130-2139

  Bodas, Dhananjay ^a   Rauch, Jean Yves ^a   Khan Malek, Chantal ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle measurements; Hydrophilicity; PDMS; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; CURING; DRYING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

AGING STUDIES; ATR FT-IR; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CURING AGENTS; DIFFERENT TYPES; DOW CORNING (CO); ELSEVIER (CO); EXPOSURE TIME; FREE SURFACE ENERGY; FUNCTION OF TIME; GE SILICONES (CO); HYDROPHOBIC RECOVERY; MICRO SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (MST); MODIFIED SURFACES; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA POWERS; POLY(DI-METHYLSILOXANE) (PDMS); ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING; SILICONE RUBBER (SIR); SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; TWO-COMPONENT; WORK OF ADHESION; XPS SPECTROSCOPY;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 47049130593     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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