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Surface Imaging of Cold DC Magnetized Air Plasma Treated Poly(dimethyl siloxane) Surfaces

Myrron Albert C. Aguila | Ivan B. Culaba | Erwin P. Enriquez

Discipline: Morphology

 

Abstract:

The surface morphology of poly(dimethyl siloxane) surfaces treated with cold dc magnetized air plasma had been investigated via scanning electron microscopy. The treatment parameters involved in the study were sample-cathode distance, discharge power, and discharge pressure. The plasma treated PDMS surfaces exhibit a variety of surface structures ranging from cracked film morphology to the presence of disordered buckling and aligned, corrugation depending on the treatment parameter studied.