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Silica nanoparticles with different sizes (from 14 to 60 nm) and different surface modifications (hydrophobic treatment, core-shell structures) are synthesized as colloids and introduced at different concentrations in polysiloxane type coatings in order to perform indentation and scratch experiments. The adding of fillers increases the Young's modulus of the coatings but decreases the 200-μm scratch...
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