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Is it possible to make PDMS mold in room temperature?
2011-04-04
2011-04-05
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Is it possible to make PDMS mold in room temperature?
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2011-04-04
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
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