Highly Transparent Porous Polydimethylsiloxane with Micro-Size Pores Using Water and Isopropanol Mixture

Yeunjun Kwak, Eunhwan Jo, Yunsung Kang, Jongbaeg Kim

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Abstract

This paper reports a fabrication method of highly transparent closed-cell type porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The effect of various chemicals together with water was investigated for the inner pore formation when fabricating porous PDMS. Among them, the mixture of water and isopropanol (IPA) into PDMS was effective for reducing the average size of pores. The size and distribution of pores in PDMS were evaluated with an image process technique. In addition, the reducing mechanism of pore size was proposed and experimentally verified through adjusting the ratio of water and IPA in the mixture. This reduced size of inner pores in PDMS results in high transparency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages287-290
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728135809
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Jan
Event33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 2020 Jan 182020 Jan 22

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Volume2020-January
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period20/1/1820/1/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (2018R1A4A1025986).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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