Fig. 4. (A) WCA measurements of the virgin silicone and PDMS/Ag@SiO2 core–shell nanocomposites before and after immersion and also after drying (error bars represent ±2° standard deviations based on three different measurements) (B) SFE determinations of the virgin and PDMS/Ag@SiO2 core–shell nanocomposites before and after wet immersion in demineralized water for one week (error bars represent ±0.1 standard deviations based on three measurements) and inside tensile modulus values of the fabricated polymer and nanocomposites (error bars represent ±0.05 standard deviations from three replications).
