Polymer systems, predictive aging models

The data for the plot in Figure 2 was obtained using a PDMS polymer modified with a carborane unit. A schematic of the system is given in Figure 3. For this material there is no radiation effect on an interface and the plot is linear over the entire dose range. The development of an ageing model that provided a predictive capability and high confidence is far easier in a system that displays a linear trend than on with a complex non linear relationship. 

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