Edy,

    I would recommend asking Gelest this question.  We have always found
them terrific at answering technical questions promptly.  What are you
trying to do?  We are experts in functionalizing surfaces to produce
hydrophobic or hydrophilic surfaces. Bill Moffat

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[mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org] On Behalf Of Edmondo Battista
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 5:24 AM
To: General MEMS discussion
Subject: [mems-talk] PDMS functionalized

Hello everybody,

Gleaning from Gelest catalog looking for silanizing agents, I saw that
they also produce the PDMS with various pendant groups (such as amine,
carboxy-, epoxy-etc etc).

Does anyone knows the use of these polymers? If you do, Is it possible
to mix simply them with for example Sylgard 184 in order to create a
functionalized surface?

Are there some examples in literature ?

Here you will find the section of the Gelest catalog to which I refer:

http://www.gelest.com/pdf/reactivesilicones.pdf

Any contribution will be appreciated to solve my "modification" problem.

Thanks to all

Edy