Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Drawing and Hydrophobicity-patterning Long Polydimethylsiloxane Silicone Filaments Katherine Snell1, Isabelle Lopez2, Brandon Louie1, Roxanna Kiessling1, Babak Sanii1,2,3 1Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna College, 2Keck Science Department, Scripps College, 3Keck Science Department, Pitzer College Here, we present a protocol to produce long filaments of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) silicone by gravity-drawing through a furnace. Filaments are on the order of hundreds of micrometers in diameter and tens of centimeters in length and are hydrophobically patternable via an Arduino-controlled corona discharge system.
