ArticleMacromolecules2025
Molecular Insights into the Interfacial Adhesion and Chain Adsorption of Silicone Polymers via Nanoindentation.
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Abstract
Silicone-based polymers, particularly polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), are esteemed for their exceptional thermal stability, hydrophobicity, and biocompatibility. This study leverages atomistically informed coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulations to explore the interfacial adhesive characteristics of PDMS films subjected to nanoindentation, with a focus on the influences of interfacial interaction strength between nanoindenter and polymer chains, temperature, and cross-link density, interpreted through the classic Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) model. Our findings reveal that increasing the interfacial interaction strength significantly enhances adhesion, necessitating a greater energy for separation. Notably, beyond a certain threshold, the adhesion exhibits a plateau, as quantified by the apparent critical energy release rate,
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