TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fatimah Nazirah binti Azmi
AU  - 
TI  - Development of a Process to Form Micrometer Scale Porous Polydimethylsiloxine
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Bandar Seri Begawan
PB  - Universiti Teknologi Brunei
KW  - Universiti Teknologi Brunei
KW  - Project Report
KW  - Thesis Writing
KW  - Project Report, Academic
KW  - Project Report Universiti Teknologi Brunei
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Processing
KW  - Porosity
N1  - A thesis submitted to The Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering; ABSTRACT

The aim of this research project is to a develop method to form a porous polydimethylsiloxane (p-PDMS) foams with one dimension having at least a few millimeters scale. There are currently five methods of making a p-PDMS. In this study, the p-PDMS will be fabricated using the curing templating methods also known as direct templating technique. In this project, the focus will be on fabrication process and characterization of a different porosity size. Four batches of samples were fabricated; dense PDMS, Small p-PDMS, Large p-PDMS and mixture of Small and Large p-PDMS. The use of organic plant as a mold was also investigated. Five types of tests were conducted to investigate mechanical properties and characteristic of p-PDMS sample of different porosity sizes. These 5 tests were compression test and compression test using the Instron 5565 UTM, oil absorption capacity test, recyclability test and microscope analysis to study the pore size using the Nikon SMZ-10A. In the characteristic test, 2 types of oil were used, petrol and diesel to find out the behavior for each p-PDMS sample react in case of oil spill
ER  -