Nathaniel Roberts

Aug 29, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | James Sharp |Nathaniel Roberts |Sam Walker

Telephone Cord Blister Formation in Solvent Swollen Elastomer Films Video imaging was used to study large-slope folded telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen films of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers. Chlorobenzene, chloroform, heptane and toluene were used to swell PDMS films with thickness values in the range $15 \mu m < h < 223 \mu m$ supported on glass substrates.

Aug 7, 2023 | pubs.rsc.org | James Sharp |Nathaniel Roberts

Thickness Dependence of Telephone Cord Blister Formation in Solvent Swollen Films of Polydimethylsiloxane The thickness dependence of telephone cord blister formation in thin films of solvent swollen polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was studied using a simple imaging setup. Chloroform was deposited on top of PDMS that had been spin coated on to glass slides coated with a thin wax layer.