https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00291-w
Tips and Tricks - Soft Matter
Preparation of ultra-thin elastomeric films
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4M1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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UMR CNRS Gulliver 7083, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
Received:
24
January
2023
Accepted:
11
April
2023
Published online:
12
May
2023
When polydimethylsiloxane elastomers are produced, in the absence of great care, chains remain that are unbound to the cross-linked matrix. Due to the unbound chains swelling the crosslinked matrix, these materials are gels. We have developed a simple process to prepare well-controlled elastomeric thin films which do not rely on unknown commercial formulations.
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