Silanes and Other Coupling Agents

This work documents the proceedings of the Symposium on Silanes and Other Coupling Agents held in honour of Dr Edwin P. Plueddemann, in Mildand, Michigan, April 3-5, 1991. Dr Plueddemann pioneered the development of silanes and worked in this field for many years. The book opens with a summary of the professional and personal life of Dr Plueddemann. The remaining 37 papers are divided into four parts. The topics covered include: reminiscing on silane coupling agents (by Dr Plueddemann himself); silanes as adhesion promoters; stability of silanes in aqueous solution, and methods of improving the performance of silane coupling agents; kinetics of hydrolysis and condensation of silanes; adsorption of silanes studied by XPS, IETS, FT-IR; characterization of silanes by TOFSIMS; acid-base characteristics of silane treated glass; plasm a polymerized organosilanes; applications of silanes in promoting adhesion, eg of polyimide coating and resist patterning layer, and in composites; adhesively bonded joints and bonding of dissimilar thermoset materials; and non-silane coupling agents: zirconium-based, zircoaluminates and metal alkoxides.