These experiments, and more to be presented below, insinuate that the detachment of the adherent is mediated by the roughening of the coating. However, there is the possibility that certain components of the hydrophilic inclusion leaches out of the coating and reduces adhesion after accumulating at the interface. In order to address this issue, we immersed H-PDMS coated glass substrates in distilled water and 0.6 M aqueous salt solution, and examined if any leachate is observable in the aqueous phases by analyzing it using UV spectroscopy. A H-PDMS coated glass substrate was also immersed in distilled water and sonicated each day before the aqueous contents were examined. As a control, an equivalent amount of the hydrophilic content present in the coating was mixed directly with the distilled water, with respect to which all the other data were compared. The results summarized in Figure show that the total hydrophilic content leaching out of the coating is much less than that of the control. More leachate was observed when the coated glass slides were sonicated. Furthermore, the contents leaching in salt water seems to be quite negligible. Various studies performed so far indicates that the peak appearing at 210 nm in the salt water (Figure and) is due to the enrichment of salt in the solution as the film selectively removes water from it.