Journal article
Structured hydrophilic domains on silicone elastomers
Abstract
The controlled generation of hydrophilic structures within hydrophobic polymers can be challenging. Very few examples of such structures have been described for silicones. We now report that such structures can be encoded in the air-contacting layer of a silicone elastomer by the formation of silica domains from tetraethoxysilane, optionally in the presence of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), using a surface active aminopropylsilicone catalyst and …
Authors
Rajendra V; Chen Y; Brook MA
Journal
Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 312–320
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1039/b9py00220k
ISSN
1759-9954