Coupling agents history

Abstract—When K. L. Mittal asked me to provide a historical account of the applications of silane coupling agents in adhesion. I decided to write in the form of a personal account of my last 45 years in this line of study. No attempt is made to make the history comprehensive, or to recognize the host of other researchers who have contributed to our understanding of adhesion across an interface of dissimilar materials. It has been an immensely interesting area of study with many practical applications in composites and bonded structures. 

Rosen, M.R. (1978) From treating solution to filler surface and beyond the life history of a silane coupling agent. J. Coat. Tech., 50 (644), 70-82. 

PG Pape, EP Plueddemann. History of Silane Coupling Agents in Polymer Composites. 192nd Annual Meeting, American Chemical Society, Div. of the History of Chemistry, Anaheim, 1986, Paper No. 30, pp 1-35. 

Before discussing the main types of coupling agents in any detail, it is useful to look at fee history of coupling agent technology ... 

Pape PG, Plueddemann EP. History of silane coupling agents in polymer composites. In Seymour RB, Deanin RB, editors. History of polymeric composites. The Netherlands VSP Utrecht 1987. p. 105-39. 

One of the useful coupling agents for unsaturated polyesters is Y Jiiethacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (y-MPS). We have reported that Y-MPS can homopolymerlze prior to the polymerization with the matrix resin. The degree of polymerization depends on the thermal history of the silane adsorbed on the glass surfaces. 

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