Stiffening of soft silicone upon deep UV treatment as characterized using nanoindentation

• Amanda Wilder,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Zaria Booth,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Caden Obermeyer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Saika Sharmin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Venkat Maruthamuthu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vmarutha@odu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3470-5274

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