Simple and improved approaches to long-lasting, hydrophilic silicones derived from commercially available precursors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 22876-22883

  Nguyen, Lien ^a   Hang, Mimi ^a   Wang, Wanxin ^a   Tian, Ye ^a   Wang, Liming ^b   McCarthy, Thomas J ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

contact angle; hydrophilization; hydrophobic recovery; PDMS; silicone; Sylgard

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CONTACT ANGLE; CURING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RECOVERY; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

ADVANCING AND RECEDING CONTACT ANGLES; HYDROPHILIZATION; HYDROPHOBIC RECOVERY; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT SPECIES; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE CURING; SURFACE REORIENTATION; SYLGARD;

SILICONES;

EID: 84919935102     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507152d     Document Type: Article

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