Hello,
I did a oxygen plasma surface treatment of a polydimethysiloxan surface. i coated it with two different materials and the bonding improved significantly with one of the materials.
the other material wasnt affected at all by the plasma treatment.
Now i want to draw conclussion about the polymer that are used in this materials. Which kind of polymer bond with a oxygen plasma treated pdms surface?
I think the material with the improved bonding is a silane-terminated polymer, but i am not sure about it.
Please let me know if you got some knowledge about this topic or any hints for me
Thank you
I guess that the hydroxyl-terminated polymer will have a strong bond with the plasma treated PDMS. Because after the treament with oxygen plasma, PDMS surface will be covered by a lot of hydroxyl group.
The activated form of polydimethylsiloxane is known as an anti-flatulence drug called dimethicone as well as simethicone.
* A polymer of silicon called polydimethylsiloxane *
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