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. 2009 Feb 24;4(2):e4572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004572

Table 1. Swelling in the thickness of cured PDMS after soaking in 3 different solvents for 2 hours.

Solvent Ratio of thickness after soak to thickness before soak
Water (23°C) 1.00
Tert-butyl alcohol (45°C) 1.05
Hexane (23°C) 1.31

Standard deviation divided by mean in all 3 cases was less than 1%.