ABSTRACT

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is an important structural material that has broad applications in automotive, electric and electronics industries, food packaging, composite membranes and medical/biomedical devices [1-3] due to its unique

physical and chemical properties. PDMS is an elastic material at room temperature with high gas permeability and low curing temperature. Besides its good mechanical properties, PDMS is optically transparent, non-toxic, non-flammable and chemically inert [3-6]. These properties make PDMS a very useful material.