Silanes deposition/bonding

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Using toluene to deposit APTES onto titanium samples, Martin et al. was able to increase the bond strength of the chitosan coating to titanium more than tenfold as compared to the ethanol/water-deposited APTES (Table 1) [85]. This increase in bond strength was attributed to increased silane deposition with toluene solvent as... 

Simple addition of silanes to a rubbery polymer latex cannot impart water-resistant bonds to a mineral unless the silane deposits a resinous or tacky layer at the interface. A silane-modified resin or plasticizer will be effective if it can be retained as a separate phase in the emulsion and deposited as a primer layer on the mineral. 

In most cases, CVD reactions are activated thermally, but in some cases, notably in exothermic chemical transport reactions, the substrate temperature is held below that of the feed material to obtain deposition. Other means of activation are available (7), eg, deposition at lower substrate temperatures is obtained by electric-discharge plasma activation. In some cases, unique materials are produced by plasma-assisted CVD (PACVD), such as amorphous siHcon from silane where 10—35 mol % hydrogen remains bonded in the soHd deposit. Except for the problem of large amounts of energy consumption in its formation, this material is of interest for thin-film solar cells. Passivating films of Si02 or Si02 Si N deposited by PACVD are of interest in the semiconductor industry (see Semiconductors). 

Ishida, H. and Koenig, J.L. (1980). Effect of hydrolysis and drying on the siloxane bonds of a silane coupling agent deposited on E-glass fibers. J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. Edition 18, 233-237. 

Photosensitive substances adsorbed on the semiconductor surface are especially efficient in sensitization reactions. Thus, sensitizing effect can be enhanced if a sensitizer is attached to the semiconductor surface by a chemical bond. For this purpose one has to create either the ether bond -O-between the semiconductor and reactant, using natural OH groups, which exist on the surface of, for example, oxide semiconductors (Ti02, ZnO) or oxidized materials (Ge, GaAs, etc.) in aqueous solutions, or the amide bond -NH- in the latter case a monolayer of silane compounds with amido-groups is preliminarily deposited on the semiconductor surface (see, for instance, Osa and Fujihira, 1976). With such chemically modified electrodes the photocurrent is much higher than with ordinary (naked) semiconductor electrodes. 

Pretreatment primers. In this method of use the silane may be applied from a solvent solution, by vapour phase deposition or by plasma deposition although solvent application is the more usual. The solution usually contains water and silane at a concentration of 1-2 wt%. The applied film may be water washed before subsequent coating/bonding and/or heat cured. The solvent(s) used may be important in both the stability of the solution and the performance, particularly in the wet adhesion. It has been shown that the presence of water either in the solution or as a final rinse is important, particularly in the case of AAMS and presumably other silanes [1]. Other factors which are important include the concentration of silane the pH of the solution the thickness of the silane film deposited. 

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