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- noun chemistry The simplest
silicone , being apolymer having arepeat unit of -Si(CH3)2-O- ; its properties depend on the degree ofpolymerization and range from that of anoil to aplastic
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Examples
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The new fuel cell consists of a colony of Saccharomyces cerevisiae - the kind of yeast commonly used in brewing and baking - encapsulated in a fuel cell made of a form of silicone called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).
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Zhenan Bao, an associate professor of chemistry at Stanford University, and her team used organic electronics - with an elastic polymer called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) - to make their electric skin 1,000 times more sensitive than human skin.
Physics Buzz Flash Modin 2010
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Zhenan Bao, an associate professor of chemistry at Stanford University, and her team used organic electronics - with an elastic polymer called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) - to make their electric skin 1,000 times more sensitive than human skin.
Physics Buzz 2010
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That oxidized coat isn't very mechanically robust, so the research team started with a common, flexible polymer called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), which is used in a lot of materials science work.
Ars Technica 2009
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Simethicone An antigas agent made from polydimethylsiloxane, the polymer goop that makes Silly Putty, bathtub caulk, and breast implants possible.
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A thin, elastic metal film made of PDMS polydimethylsiloxane and gold, used to make stretchable electronics.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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A thin, elastic metal film made of PDMS polydimethylsiloxane and gold, used to make stretchable electronics.
Engineered beauty 2008
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I arranged that requisition, tested the machine on a standard organosilicon compound (polydimethylsiloxane) at the manufacturer's laboratory and factory, and impatiently did the initial installation itself when it was delivered.
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To solve this issue, the researchers evaporated a metal film over micron-size trenches of polydimethylsiloxane a compound found in silicone that's used in plastic surgery and contact lenses.
CNET News.com 2011
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The researchers created blocks on the pattern around which the polymers, polystyrene and polydimethylsiloxane, lined up in a cohesive fashion to create a circuit.
Techworld.com News 2010
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