Journal article
Facile Functionalization of PDMS Elastomer Surfaces Using Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry
Abstract
A variety of methods have been developed for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer surface functionalization, particularly for the improvement of hydrophilicity. However, in addition to difficulties in avoiding undesired physical changes to the modified surface, including surface cracking, "hydrophobic recovery" frequently leads hydrophilically modified surfaces to completely return over time to their hydrophobic nature, with accompanying loss …
Authors
Zhang J; Chen Y; Brook MA
Journal
Langmuir, Vol. 29, No. 40, pp. 12432–12442
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Publication Date
October 8, 2013
DOI
10.1021/la403425d
ISSN
0743-7463