Metallization process for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) rubber

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1009, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-34

  Béfahy, Stéphane ^a,b   Yunus, Sami ^a   Burguet, Véronique ^a   Heine, Jean Sébastien ^a   Dague, Etienne ^a   Trooters, Michel ^b   Bertrand, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Neurotech   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; GOLD COATINGS; NEURAL PROSTHESES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL FAILURES; HYDROPHOBIC RECOVERY; METALLIZATION PROCESS; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SILICONE SUBSTRATES; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; STRAINED SUBSTRATES;

SILICONES;

EID: 67650347882     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-1009-u06-04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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