hi, I did that before with no problem. It can keep a good feature when peeling off so it is feasible in theory. Regards, At 2011-04-04 18:14:10,"righeira carnegie"wrote: >Hi, we are been trying to make PDMS mold from sylgard 184. instead of the >curing temperature with the same mixture of ODMS and curing agent, Is it >possible to make PDMS mold in room temperature, just skipping the heating >process after pouring the mixture into the mold. We tried once, there is so >much of difference when followed heating process. The structures where not >defined properly. Is this due to effect of temperature, but the dowcorning >people claim it should not change. they say the heating process is only for >making the procedure faster, so if the heating procedure is not followed >then it might take ,ore than one day to cure. But in our case we cured ot >for three days but the structure has changed when compared. The change in >structure is the height profile of the photonic crystal. has anyone tried >these things. > >Thanks! >RIGHEIRA >IMEC