Poly(methylhydrosiloxane) with Mn = 1900 g/mol (ABCR, Karlsruhe, Germany), Karstedt’s catalyst (platinum complex of 1,3-divinyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane in xylene, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), 1-tetradecene (92%, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), cross-linking agent 1,7-octadiene (98%, Sigma-Aldrich, Munich, Germany), and n-hexane (99%, Chimmed, Podolsk, Russia) were used for the synthesis of PTDMS. Helium (99.995%), methane (99.99%), ethane (99.95%), and n-butane (99.95%) were used for sorption and permeation measurements.
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