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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
petrulp@gmail.com
Bonding Kapton with PDMS
petrulp@gmail.com
2011-07-27
Hi,

I dont think you ll succeed in sticking because for a stable bonding you
will need some Si OH bonds to be activated by plasma. No Si in your kapton
so no Si bond. Try to put some Si O2 on the kapton and then should work.
Good luck . You ll need it.

Petru

La data de , Shane GUO  a scris:
> 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?

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