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Bonding Kapton with PDMS
2011-07-25
Shane GUO
2011-07-27
Michael Martin
2011-07-27
Yunda Wang
2011-07-27
Bill Moffat
2011-07-27
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Bonding Kapton with PDMS
Michael Martin
2011-07-27
Hi Shane,

    You might have some luck modifying the surface chemistry of one or both
polymers prior to bonding via molecular vapor deposition so that they can be
covalently bonded together.

-Michael

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Shane GUO  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I searched old posts about addressing this issue without any luck.
> Basically, I have a Kapton sheet with electrodes on it and try to bond it
> with PDMS. I found PDMS does not adhere to Kapton to form a stable bonding.
> Both PDMS and Kapton are cleaned with acetone, IPA and DI water, dried and
> treated with O2 plasma for 1min and 5mins respectively. Can anyone shed some
> light on me?
>
> Cheers
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