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Article: Reinforcement of polydimethylsiloxane through formation of inorganic-organic hybrid network.(Technical report)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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INTRODUCTION
Polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) has been widely used as adhesives, wire and cable coverings, tubing and automotive boots, seals, and electrical connectors because of its excellent elasticity, compression set, dynamic fatigue, thermal properties, chemical, and electrical resistance. One of the disadvantages of PDMS is low mechanical strength compared to organic elastomers, and considerable efforts had been made in this aspect [1-6]. Inclusion of silica especially fumed silica constituted an effective pathway to reinforce PDMS. Because van der Waals force between silica and PDMS alone is not sufficient to provide adequate mechanical reinforcement, ...