While silicone elastomers containing oil additives have been used to reduce adhesion of fouling organisms and ice adhesion, in order to clearly understand the role of the oils it is necessary to create well-defined and well-characterized model systems to control coating compositions and mechanical properties and link composition to performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of different free silicone oils on biofouling and ice release performance of silicone-based elastomer. Model elastomer systems were characterized using gel content, FTIR, DSC and TGA. After adding different silicone oils (e.g., phenylsilicone oils) to the model elastomers, water contact angle, surface energy, tensile strength, ice adhesion and adhesion strength of biofouling were used to evaluate the effect of silicone oils on silicone elastomer properties. The results showed that the incorporation of oils into the silicone elastomers improved the biofouling and ice release performance of silicone-based elastomers.

Model silicone elastomers containing silicone oils for reduced fouling and ice adhesion

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