Silane-based modification

Recently, Genzer and coworkers [85] presented an interesting new approach for the preparation of stable silane-based SAM systems. As a substrate, cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was oxidized by UV/ozone treatment to yield a thin sihcon dioxide surface. The surface was then treated with fluorinated alkyltrichlo-rosilanes from the gas phase while being mechanically stretched by a certain length Ax. After modification, the elastomer was allowed to relax resulting in a mecdianically assembled monolayer (MAM) at the surface (Fig. 9.8). 

Oxide surfaces can be functionalized using a silane-based self-assembled monolayer. Amine functional groups are commonly utilized for functionalizing surfaces with biomaterials, by forming amide bonds. A common method is to expose the surface to 0.1 M aminopropyltri-methoxysilane (APTS) in toluene at 100 °C for 10 min to 1 h. This treatment renders the surface linkable with many biomaterials with a carboxylic group (-COOH). Various silanes can be utilized to decorate the surface with desired functional groups. Readers are referred to the article methods for surface modification for further understanding. 

Other strategies for improving clay exfoliation in rigid PU foams include the addition of coupling agents, mainly silane-based (Han et al., 2008 Kim et al., 2008), or processing modifications, in addition to the already mentioned ultrasounds, such as microwave processing (Lorenzetti et al., 2010). 

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Haensch C, Hoeppener S, Schubert US (2010) Chemical modification of self-assembled silane based monolayers by surface reactions. Chem Soc Rev 39 2323-2334... 

Anotlier important modification metliod is tire passivation of tire external crystallite surface, which may improve perfonnance in shape selective catalysis (see C2.12.7). Treatment of zeolites witli alkoxysilanes, SiCl or silane, and subsequent hydrolysis or poisoning witli bulky bases, organophosphoms compounds and arylsilanes have been used for tliis purjDose [39]. In some cases, tire improved perfonnance was, however, not related to tire masking of unselective active sites on tire outer surface but ratlier to a narrowing of tire pore diameters due to silica deposits. 

In a sense each monolithic column is unique, or produced as a product of a separate batch, because the columns are prepared one by one by a process including monolith formation, column fabrication, and chemical modification. Reproducibility of Chro-molith columns has been examined, and found to be similar to particle-packed-silica-based columns of different batches (Kele and Guiochon, 2002). Surface coverage of a Chromolith reversed-phase (RP) column appears to be nearly maximum, but greater silanol effects were found for basic compounds and ionized amines in buffered and nonbuffered mobile phases than advanced particle-packed columns prepared from high purity silica (McCalley, 2002). Small differences were observed between monolithic silica columns derived from TMOS and those from silane mixtures for planarity in solute structure as well as polar interactions (Kobayashi et al., 2004). 

The following protocol for modification of silica nanoparticles is based on the method of Zhao et al. (2004), which describes the addition of amine functionalities using trimethoxysilyl-propyldiethylenetriamine. Other functional silane modifications may be done similarly. 

Many surface modifications are used with aluminium hydroxide, which responds to both silane and fatty acid treatments. Special proprietary silane coatings seem to be preferred for polypropylene applications [99]. Despite the production being water based, the preference seems to be for dry coating procedures. 

The conventional methods for the synthesis of organosilanols can be accomplished by the hydrolysis of the appropriate substituted silane in the presence of catalysts such as an acid or a base.1 This synthetic route, however, had some difficulty when applied to the synthesis of silanol polymers which demanded not only high conversion of the functional groups for polymer modification but also resistance to the transformation of silanols to siloxane by self- or catalytic condensation during the preparation. 

Semi-empirical understanding of PM-transition characteristics and main chain stiffness of rod-like polysilanes thus leads to the new idea that minute structural modification of the achiral and chiral alkyl side groups could critically modify the transition characteristics, as indeed demonstrated in a series of 16-based copolymers, poly ((S)-3,7-dimethyloctyl-3-methylbutylsilane)-co-((S)-3,7-dimethyloctyl-2-methylpropylsilane) (22) and poly ((S)-3,7-di-methyloctyl-3-methylbutylsilane)-co-((P)-3,7-dimethyloctyl-2-methylpropyl-silane) (23) (see Scheme 5). 

Modification of zeolites, based on chemisorption of silane or diborane and subsequent hydrolysis of the chemisorbed hydride groups can also be applied for encapsulating gas molecules in zeolites. For example, krypton and xenon can be encapsulated in mordenite combining the modification process with a physical adsorption of the noble gases at moderate pressures and temperatures (e.g. 100 kPa, 300 K). The encapsulates are homogeneous and stable towards acids, mechanical grinding and y-irradiation. By controlling the pore size reduction however, the thermal stability can be controlled. 

Silica gel-based materials for RP chromatography with nonpolar (most often Cg or Cjg alkyls) or moderately polar stationary phases covalently bonded via Si-O-Si-C bonds are prepared by chemical modification of the silanol (Si-OH) groups on the silica gel surface by chloro-silane or alkoxy-silane reagents, and are relatively stable to hydrolysis. The retention in RP increases with increasing surface coverage and length of the bonded alkyl chains, so that Cjg phases show greater retention than Cg-bonded phases. 

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