Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications
Post-curing can be used to facilitate volatile removal and thus produce PDMS films with stable elastic and electrical properties over time. In this study, the effect of post-curing was investigated for commercial silicone elastomer thin-films as a means of improving long-term elastomer film reliabil...
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| description | Post-curing can be used to facilitate volatile removal and thus produce PDMS films with stable elastic and electrical properties over time. In this study, the effect of post-curing was investigated for commercial silicone elastomer thin-films as a means of improving long-term elastomer film reliability. The Young's moduli and electrical breakdown strengths of commercial (silica-reinforced) PDMS elastomer films, with and without additional 35 parts per hundred rubber (phr) titanium dioxide (TiO2), were investigated after high-temperature (200°C) post-curing for various timespans. The elastomers were found to contain less than 2% of volatiles (significantly higher for TiO2-filled samples), but nevertheless a strong effect from post-curing was observed. The young's moduli as well as the strain-dependent behaviour were found to change significantly upon post-curing treatment where Young's moduli at 5% strain increases with post-cure. Furthermore, the determined dielectric breakdown parameters from Weibull analyses showed that greater electrical stability and reliability could be achieved by post-curing the PDMS films before usage, and this method therefore paves a way towards more reliable dielectric elastomers. |
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| spelling | ump-144012018-07-25T07:57:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14401/ Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications Shamsul, Zakaria Madsen, Frederikke B. Skov, Anne Ladegaard QD Chemistry Post-curing can be used to facilitate volatile removal and thus produce PDMS films with stable elastic and electrical properties over time. In this study, the effect of post-curing was investigated for commercial silicone elastomer thin-films as a means of improving long-term elastomer film reliability. The Young's moduli and electrical breakdown strengths of commercial (silica-reinforced) PDMS elastomer films, with and without additional 35 parts per hundred rubber (phr) titanium dioxide (TiO2), were investigated after high-temperature (200°C) post-curing for various timespans. The elastomers were found to contain less than 2% of volatiles (significantly higher for TiO2-filled samples), but nevertheless a strong effect from post-curing was observed. The young's moduli as well as the strain-dependent behaviour were found to change significantly upon post-curing treatment where Young's moduli at 5% strain increases with post-cure. Furthermore, the determined dielectric breakdown parameters from Weibull analyses showed that greater electrical stability and reliability could be achieved by post-curing the PDMS films before usage, and this method therefore paves a way towards more reliable dielectric elastomers. Taylor & Francis 2017-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14401/1/Post%20Curing%20as%20an%20Effective%20Means%20of%20Ensuring%20the%20Long%20term%20Reliability%20of%20PDMS%20Thin%20Films%20for%20Dielectric%20Elastomer%20Applications.pdf Shamsul, Zakaria and Madsen, Frederikke B. and Skov, Anne Ladegaard (2017) Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 56 (1). pp. 83-95. ISSN 0360-2559 (Print); 1525-6111 (Online). (Published) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03602559.2016.1211689 DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2016.1211689 |
| spellingShingle | QD Chemistry Shamsul, Zakaria Madsen, Frederikke B. Skov, Anne Ladegaard Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title | Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title_full | Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title_fullStr | Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title_short | Post-Curing as an Effective Means of Ensuring the Long-Term Reliability of PDMS Thin Films for Dielectric Elastomer Applications |
| title_sort | post-curing as an effective means of ensuring the long-term reliability of pdms thin films for dielectric elastomer applications |
| topic | QD Chemistry |
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