Long-Term Thermal Aging of Modified Sylgard 184 Formulations

Brounstein, Zachary; Zhao, Jianchao; Geller, Drew; Gupta, Nevin; Labouriau, Andrea

doi:10.3390/polym13183125

Title: Long-Term Thermal Aging of Modified Sylgard 184 Formulations

Journal Article · 16 September 2021 · Polymers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183125 · OSTI ID:1821026

Brounstein, Zachary; Zhao, Jianchao; Geller, Drew; Gupta, Nevin; Labouriau, Andrea

Primarily used as an encapsulant and soft adhesive, Sylgard 184 is an engineered, high-performance silicone polymer that has applications spanning microfluidics, microelectromechanical systems, mechanobiology, and protecting electronic and non-electronic devices and equipment. Despite its ubiquity, there are improvements to be considered, namely, decreasing its gel point at room temperature, understanding volatile gas products upon aging, and determining how material properties change over its lifespan. In this work, these aspects were investigated by incorporating well-defined compounds (the Ashby–Karstedt catalyst and tetrakis (dimethylsiloxy) silane) into Sylgard 184 to make modified formulations. As a result of these additions, the curing time at room temperature was accelerated, which allowed for Sylgard 184 to be useful within a much shorter time frame. Additionally, long-term thermal accelerated aging was performed on Sylgard 184 and its modifications in order to create predictive lifetime models for its volatile gas generation and material properties.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1821026

Journal Information:: Polymers, Journal Name: Polymers Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 13; ISSN POLYCK; ISSN 2073-4360

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Country of Publication:: Switzerland

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