Stress Assisted Degradation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with Gold and Sapphire at Room Temperature

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1762623· OSTI ID:1762623

Pham, Minh ^[1]; Dugger, Michael ^[1]; Argibay, Nicolas ^[1]; Nation, Brendan ^[1]; Dickens, Sara ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a great material to use in electronics since it is chemically stable over a wide range of temperature, hydrophobic, and doesn't swell in the presence of moisture. However, studies have shown that this material can degrade at room temperature, and even a small amount of it on electrical contacts can form an electrically insulating film. Under tribological conditions it can degrade even at room temperature, leading to an investigation to determine the factors that play into this degradation.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1762623
• Report Number(s): SAND--2019-6015R; 675922
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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