Fabrication of advanced polydimethylsiloxane-based functional materials: Bulk modifications and surface functionalizations

With the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, robot and medical services, soft polymers with changeable modulus and flexible machinability have become an important kind of strategic materials. Among them, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based material is regarded as a promising one due to its flexible chemistry and biocompatibility. Two modification methods are always involved in practical applications of PDMS-based materials, i.e., bulk...