Novel synthesis of triblock PDMS-PS-PDMS copolymers

Self-Assembled Nanodot Fabrication by Using PS-PDMS Block Copolymer

Synthesis and Characterization of PDMS/PAAc Sequential IPNs

Microfluidic synthesis of monodisperse PDMS microbeads as discrete oxygen sensors

We describe the creation of monodisperse microbeads of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) via a microfluidic approach. Using a flow-focusing configuration, a PDMS precursor solution is dispersed into microdroplets within an aqueous continuous phase. These droplets are collected and thermally cured off-chip into solid microbeads. Our microfluidic technique allows for direct integration of payloads into...

Networked PIM Using PDMS

Personal information management (Pim) is a promising new type of application allowing not only to search a desktop, but to pose complex, structured queries against the data on ones computer. We propose to remove the confines of Pim and make selected data available to a network of peers using peer data management system (Pdms) technology. The result is an application for collaborative informatio...

Modeling of PDMS - Silica Nanocomposites

A hydrogen bonding pathway between polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and hydroxyl groups on a silica surface was studied using quantum chemistry calculations of disiloxane and hexamethyldisiloxane molecules with small silica clusters. A newly developed classical force field for PDMS was developed for atomistic molecular dynamics simulation studies of PDMS – silica nanocomposites to determine the effe...