What are alternative methods for curing PDMS in situations where a hot air oven is unavailable?

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I need to cure large number of PDMS based samples for the fabrication of piezoresistive sensors. But I do not have hot air oven for this purpose. What are the other option to cure PDMS other then keeping it at room temperature for 48 hours?

Carolina Rodríguez-Gallo

An alternative to an oven could be to use a hot plate. Depending on the film thickness you will need more or less time. For me worked perfectly!

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