On the mechanism of marine fouling-prevention performance of oil-containing silicone elastomers. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 For many decades, silicone elastomers with oil incorporated have served as fouling-release coating for marine applications. In a comprehensive study involving a series of laboratory-based marine fouling assays and extensive global field studies of up to ...
Kolle S +15 more
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3D Printing of High Viscosity Reinforced Silicone Elastomers. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2021 Recent advances in additive manufacturing, specifically direct ink writing (DIW) and ink-jetting, have enabled the production of elastomeric silicone parts with deterministic control over the structure, shape, and mechanical properties.
Rodriguez N +9 more
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Crosslinking Methodology for Imidazole-Grafted Silicone Elastomers Allowing for Dielectric Elastomers Operated at Low Electrical Fields with High Strains. [PDF]
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2022 For improved actuation at low voltages of dielectric elastomers, a high dielectric permittivity has been targeted for several years but most successful methods then either increase the stiffness of the elastomer and/or introduce notable losses of both ...
Kang Z, Yu L, Nie Y, Skov AL.
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Construction of Self-Healing Disulfide-Linked Silicone Elastomers by Thiol Oxidation Coupling Reaction. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2021 Developing self-healing silicone elastomers are highly significant because of their promising applications. Herein, we present novel self-healing disulfide-linked silicone elastomers (SEs) based on thiol-terminated sulfur-containing heterochain ...
Huang Y, Yan J, Wang D, Feng S, Zhou C.
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Antioxidant Silicone Elastomers without Covalent Cross-Links. [PDF]
ACS Sustain Chem Eng, 2023 Improved sustainability is associated with elastomers that readily breakdown in the environment at end of life and, as importantly, that can be reprocessed/reused long before end of life arises.
Tamim K +5 more
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Impact of a mixture of nanofiller and intrinsic pigment on tear strength and hardness of two types of maxillofacial silicone elastomers [PDF]
Dental Research Journal, 2020 Background: The ideal maxillofacial prosthesis should have fine and thin boundaries that bind with the surrounding facial structures and possess high tear strength.
Faiza M Abdul-Ameer
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Hydrolyzable Additive-Based Silicone Elastomers: A New Approach for Antifouling Coatings. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2019 Fouling Release Coatings are marine antifouling coatings based on silicone elastomers. Contrary to commonly used biocide-based antifouling coatings, they do not release biocides into the marine environment, however, they suffer from poor antifouling ...
Gevaux L +5 more
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Multimaterial 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable Silicone Elastomers
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019 3D printing of silicone elastomers with the direct ink writing (DIW) process has demonstrated great potential in areas as diverse as flexible electronics, medical devices, and soft robotics. However, most of current silicones are not printable because of
Lu-Yu Zhou, Qing Gao, Jian-Zhong Fu
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Conductive silicone elastomers electrodes processable by screen printing. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Conductive inks consisting of graphene and carbon black conductive fillers into a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix, which can be processed into thin films by screen printing are developed.
Quinsaat JEQ +6 more
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Effect of nano-titanium oxide addition on some mechanical properties of silicone elastomers for maxillofacial prostheses. [PDF]
J Taibah Univ Med Sci, 2018 Objective This study evaluated the effects of adding titanium oxide (TiO2) nanofillers on the tear strength, tensile strength, elongation percentage, and hardness of room-temperature-vulcanized (RTV) VST50F and high-temperature-vulcanized (HTV) Cosmesil ...
Shakir DA, Abdul-Ameer FM.
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