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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER

Vol. 7, No. 4 FALL-WINTER 2010

Dr. Robert H. Lacombe

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SURFACE SCIENCE 2011: SILANES AND POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION

EDITORIAL COMMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

A SURFACE TREATMENT FOR ALL SEASONS AND ALL REASONS: THE SILANE COUPLING AGENTS

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Failure of Early Polymer/Glass Fiber Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . 3

End of Symposium Volume Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New Advances at the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

SPECIAL ISSUES OF JAST NOW AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Adhesion Aspects in MEMS/NEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 1: Understanding Through Continuum Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 2: Computer Simulation of Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 3: Adhesion and Friction Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 4: Adhesion in Practical Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 5: Adhesion Mitigation Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Surface and Interfacial Aspects of Cell Adhesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 1: Fundamentals of Cell Adhesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 2: Methods to Study Cell Adhesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 3: Surface Treatments to Control Cell Adhesion and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 4: Cell Adhesion in Medicine and Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Wood Adhesives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 1: Fundamental Adhesion Aspects in Wood Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part 2: Synthetic Adhesives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part 3: Environment-friendly adhesives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Part 4: Wood Welding and General Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

UPCOMING SYMPOSIA IN JUNE 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SILANES AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

COMPREHENSIVE AND TOPICAL SHORT COURSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Comprehensive Short Course On Adhesion Measurement Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Comprehensive Short Course on Testing and Durability of Adhesive Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

REGISTRATION INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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EDITORIAL COMMENTS

By way of closing out the year 2010, this issue of

the newsletter moves on to topics of relevance to

the 2011 symposia. In particular the month of

June will feature two symposia of critical interest to

the technology of surface modification for purposes

of achieving superior performance in the realms of

adhesion, corrosion prevention, surface wettablity

and a host of other technologically important

properties. The two symposia in question are:

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER

SURFACE MODIFICATION: RELEVANCE TO

ADHESION; To be held June 20-22, 2011, Danbury

Connecticut, USA

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SILANES

AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS; To be held June

22-24, 2011, Danbury Connecticut, USA

The topic of polymer surface modification was

covered in a previous issue of the newsletter

(Vol7No3-2010) so this issue will focus on SILANE

technology.

In this issue we would also like to bring to

everyones attention a new feature of the Journal of

Adhesion Science and Technology (JAST) edited by

the Conference Director Dr. Kash Mittal. Kash has

inaugurated a whole new series of special issues of

the JAST 2 of which are currently in print. The

series covers an astonishing range of adhesion

related topics ranging from cell adhesion to the

adhesion of ice coatings. Details are covered

below.

A SURFACE TREATMENT FOR ALL SEASONS

AND ALL REASONS: THE SILANE COUPLING

AGENTS

From one point of view the silane materials can be

viewed as just one of several chemical formulations

that can be used to modify the physico-chemical

properties of surfaces in order to obtain improved

performance in terms of adhesion, wettability,

corrosion resistance, ...etc. However, when one

considers the enormous versatility and range of

applications of these materials one can begin to

appreciate why they warrant an entire symposium

on their own. A list of the varied applications

includes:

1. Adhesion promoters for a wide range of

technologically important coatings.

2. Adhesion promoters for many resin-filler

composites.

3. Binding and stabilization agents in

cosmetics.

4. Anchoring agents for polynucleotides in

gene chip devices

5. Corrosion inhibitors for ferrous and non

ferrous metals.

6. Surface treatment of synthetic fibers for

improved oil and water repellency and

protection from radiation and aggressive

environments.

7. formulation of improved dental adhesives.

8. Use as Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)

for biomaterial/tissue engineering

applications.

9. Coatings to improve strength and fracture

resistance of glass substrates.

10. Creation of hydrophobic surfaces in

inorganic powders.

11. Dispersion agents for magnetic inks in disk

drive technology.

12. Improved corrosion resistance and

vibrational characteristics of musical string

instruments.

13. Surface treatment of wood for improved

anti-mold and anti-fungal properties.

14. Development of improved fibers for bullet

proof vests.

15. Surface treatment of automotive

windshields for improved visibility in wet

conditions and resistance to ice and grime

buildup.

The above list was compiled from a cursory survey

of papers presented at past symposia in the

SILANE series going back to 1992. Undoubtedly

more applications exist and more will be devised in

the future as advanced materials technologies are

developed in the world’s academic and industrial

laboratories.

Of all the above applications, however, the one I

find most impressive is the use of silanes as

coupling agents in polyester-fiberglass composites.

In particular, the application of these composites to

fiberglass boats. This subject was treated in some

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detail in a previous issue of the newsletter so only1

a synopsis of this technology will be discussed here.

Failure of Early Polymer/Glass Fiber

Composites

The story of silane technology apparently began in

the early 1940's when there was a move to use

glass fibers as reinforcing agents for phenolics,

ureas, melamines and, at that time, the new

unsaturated polyester resins. It was reckoned that

glass fibers with their high modulus and tensile

strength would make an excellent reinforcing phase

for these polymers. In addition it was thought that

the silanol groups that cover the glass surface

would be readily esterified by organic hydroxyl

groups to form alkoxysilanes and thus bind tightly

to the resin material. These hopes were borne out

when it was found that the specific dry strength of

fiberglass reinforced plastics exceeded that of

aluminum and steel. However, these hopes were

quickly dashed when it was further found that these

properties decreased dramatically when the

composites were subjected to moisture. It was

quickly learned that the much vaunted alkoxysilane

bonds that were holding the fibers to the polymer

matrix were easily hydrolyzed by moisture, thus

severely weakening the critical bond between fiber

and matrix. On top of this problem the glass fibers

and polymer matrix had greatly differing thermal

expansion coefficients which led to high interfacial

stresses if the composite was thermally cycled to

high temperatures and back. The resulting thermal

strains led to further degradation of the

fiber/matrix interfacial bond thus effectively

nullifying the expected reinforcing effect. With all

this it became clear that glass fibers and also many

other mineral fillers were basically incompatible

with organic polymers.

However, in order to remedy this unfortunate

situation, the US Air Force let a contract to the

Bjorksten organization which involved the screening

of some 2000 coupling agents. Out of this massive

effort came what is called the BJY treatment which

is based on an equimolar adduct of vinyl-

trichlorosilane and $-chloroallyl alcohol. The BJY

treatment was indeed quite impressive. It

exhibited a wet strength after 5 hours in boiling

water which was greater than the dry strength of

the composite.

Further support of this impressive behavior was

borne out in the remarkable durability of fiberglass

reinforced polyester composites used in the hulls of

boats. Many of these craft have been in the water

for 20 years without showing any signs of

degradation of bonding between the polyester and

the glass fibers. An article by Eric Green in a

recent issue of Composites Manufacturing2

magazine dealt with this very issue. In this most

engaging commentary we find that a number of

those boats are still apparently going strong for a

total period of more than 35 years. The fact that

these fiberglass composite hulls are still in top-

notch condition after 35 years in various marine

environments is nothing short of extraordinary.

Just think of how many other items you can lay

hands on that have seen 35 years plus of day to

day service and are still not just in working

condition but have shown little or no sign of

environmental degradation?

It was undoubtedly this original extraordinary

success of the silane materials as coupling agents

in polymer-filler composites that led to the

remarkable branching out into the wide range of

diverse applications listed above. It is also clear

that this process continues to this day as can be

verified by a cursory glance at the preliminary

program for the upcoming SILANE symposium

listed below. In this regard, the Conference

Director Dr. Mittal and I cordially invite all readers

of the newsletter to join us in Danbury this June to

keep abreast of this most fruitful and surprising

technology.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JOURNAL OF

ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

End of Symposium Volume Series

After more than 30 years of documenting the

proceedings of technical symposia covering topics

ranging from adhesion measurement to particle

contamination, the Director of MST has announced

that there will be no further volumes forthcoming.

Thus the fifth volume in the SILANE series is the

last as is the fifth in the POLYMER SURFACE

MODIFICATION series. All authors now have the

option of submitting their work to the Journal of

Adhesion Science and Technology (JAST) on a

voluntary basis. The reasons for this are varied but

basically come down to the fact that the value

derived from these volumes does not justify the

time and energy required to produce them. Much

of the problem has to do with the fact that libraries

worldwide are cutting down on their purchases of

“Environmental Durability of Silane1

Treated Surfaces” in MST NEWSLETTER Vol. 4 No. 1

Winter- Spring 2007.

“Built to Last: the Lifetime of Fiberglass2

Boats”, Eric Greene (Composites Manufacturing,

October 2006, page 28) Composites Manufacturing

is an official publication of the American

Composites Manufacturers Association)

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hardcover volumes in favor of electronic

distribution. Further, notwithstanding the fact that

these volumes were edited to a level matching or

exceeding that of most technical journals, academia

was lumping them with the run of the mill

proceedings volumes that receive little or no

editing. This of course made it difficult for people

from academia to justify publishing their work in

the volumes since the credit they receive is much

diluted over what they would get from publishing in

the so-called “High Impact” journals. At any rate

the currently published volumes form a large

archival work that will be valuable to researchers

world wide for some time to come. Most of these

books are available from the publishers catalogue

available online at

www.mstconf.com/VSP-BRILLE-2011.pdf

Also a limited number of volumes will be available

at the registration desk at all of the upcoming MST

symposia.

New Advances at the Journal of Adhesion

Science and Technology

Following the close of one era of publishing a new

one has opened up in the Journal of Adhesion

Science and Technology. In addition to picking up

papers derived from the various MST symposia the

journal has now started a series of special issues

dealing with a wide range of adhesion related

topics. Contribution to these issues is by invitation

only and they feature the work of the most

outstanding researchers in the various topics

covered. A short list of subjects covered in the

series includes:

1. Surface and Interfacial Aspects of Cell

Adhesion

2. Adhesion Aspects in MEMS/NEMS

3. Wood Adhesives

4. Adhesion Aspects in the Paper Industry

5. Adhesion Aspects in the Pharmaceutical

Industry

6. Interfacial and Adhesion Aspects in

Biofouling

7. Superhydrophobicity and Related

Phenomena

8. Adhesion Aspects in the Packaging Industry

9. Durability of Adhesive Joints

10. Superhydrophilic Surfaces

11. Rubber Adhesion

12. Bio-Based Adhesives

13. Electrowetting

14. High/Low Temperature Adhesive Joining

Technology

15. Surface and Adhesion Aspects of Hair and

Skin

16. Bio-Inspired Adhesion

17. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment of

Polymers

18. Contact Angle Hysterisis: Origin, Control

and Implications

19. High Temperature Wetting

20. Adhesion Aspects in the Road/Construction

Industry

21. Adhesion aspects in Modern Enzymology

22. Adhesion Aspects in the Building Industry

Each of the above mentioned issues is being or has

been guest edited by an Internationally recognized

researcher in the topic indicated. The first three

issues in the form of hardcover books are now in

print as books and the remaining issues are in

various stages of development. As usual copies of

these issues will be available at upcoming MST

symposia as well as from the publisher. Clearly the

international adhesion community has much to

look forward to in the coming years.

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The following are brief reviews of these volumes:

SPECIAL ISSUES OF JAST NOW AVAILABLE IN

HARDCOVER BOOKS

Adhesion Aspects in MEMS/NEMS

Edited by S.H. Kim, M.T. Dugger and K.L. Mittal

2011

ISBN 978 90 04 19094 8

Hardback (x, 422 pp.)

List price: i 190.00 / US$ 260.00

Phenomena associated with the adhesion

interaction of surfaces have been a critical aspect of

micro- and nanosystem development and

performance since the first

MicroElectroMechanicalSystems(MEMS) were

fabricated. These phenomena are ubiquitous in

nature and are present in all systems, however

MEMS devices are particularly sensitive to surface

effects owing to their small size and limited

actuation force that can be generated. Extension of

MEMS technology concepts to the nanoscale and

development of

NanoElectroMechanicalSystems(NEMS) will result in

systems even more strongly influenced by surface

forces.

The book is divided into five parts as follows:

Part 1: Understanding Through Continuum Theory

Part 2: Computer Simulation of Interfaces

Part 3: Adhesion and Friction Measurements

Part 4: Adhesion in Practical Applications

Part 5: Adhesion Mitigation Strategies

This compilation constitutes the first book on this

extremely important topic in the burgeoning field of

MEMS/NEMS. It is obvious from the topics covered

in this book that bountiful information is contained

here covering understanding of surface forces and

adhesion as well as novel ways to control adhesion

in MEMS/NEMS.

Surface and Interfacial Aspects of Cell

Adhesion

Edited by A. Carré and K.L. Mittal

2011

ISBN 978 90 04 19078 8

Hardback (xx, 532 pp.)

List price: i 190.00 / US$ 260.00

Cell adhesion comes into play in almost all domains

of life. The range of situations in which it occurs,

involving organisms, living tissues, microorganisms

or single cells, is endless. Cell adhesion is involved

in the binding of a cell to a surface, extracellular

matrix, or another cell using cell adhesion

molecules. It is crucial in the formation and

maintenance of coherent multicellular structures.

Cell surface adhesion molecules (integrins, for

example) which transmit information from the

extracellular matrix to the cell play vital roles in

numerous cellular processes. Some of these

include: cell growth, differentiation,

embryogenesis, immune cell transmigration and

response, and cancer metastasis. Also cell adhesion

is involved in most situations leading to

pathological behavior.

This book is divided into four parts as follows:

Part 1: Fundamentals of Cell Adhesion

Part 2: Methods to Study Cell Adhesion

Part 3: Surface Treatments to Control Cell

Adhesion and Behavior

Part 4: Cell Adhesion in Medicine and Therapy

A bounty of information is covered in this book

which represents the cumulative wisdom of many

world-renowned researchers( physicists, materials

scientists, chemists and biologists) engaged in

unraveling the mechanisms of cell adhesion and

how to control it. Clearly from the topics covered in

this book the subject of cell adhesion is truly

interdisciplinary and will play an ever increasing

role in biomedical technology.

Wood Adhesives

Edited by A. Pizzi and K.L. Mittal

2010

ISBN 978 90 04 19093 1

Hardback (x, 452 pp.)

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Atmospheric pressure plasma nozzle treating an

automobile fender for improved surface

properties (Photograph courtesy of PlasmaTreat)

List price: i 190.00 / US$ 260.00

Wood adhesives are of tremendous industrial

importance as more than two-thirds of wood

products today in the world are totally, or at least

partially, bonded together using a variety of

adhesives. The reason being that adhesive bonding

offers many advantages vis-a-vis other joining

methods for wood components.

In the recent past, there has been a brisk R& D

activity in devising new wood adhesives or

improving the existing ones. The modern mantra in

all industrial sectors is : <Think green, go green’ and

it has attracted much attention in the wood

adhesive industry too. Concomitantly, there is

currently much research activity in synthesizing

environmentally-benign and human-friendly wood

adhesives.

This book is divided into four parts as follows:

Part 1: Fundamental Adhesion Aspects in Wood

Bonding

Part 2: Synthetic Adhesives

Part 3: Environment-friendly adhesives

Part 4: Wood Welding and General Paper

Many different ramifications of wood adhesives are

accorded due coverage in this book. The bonding

(welding) of wood components without using any

adhesives is a relatively recent development which

should prove very useful in times to come.

Ordering information for these volumes is available

on the MST website at:

www.mstconf.com/VSP-BRILLE-2011.pdf

UPCOMING SYMPOSIA IN JUNE 2011

Readers of the newsletter interested in polymer

surface modification and/or the silane coupling

agents should mark their calendars for the

upcoming symposia to be held in Danbury

Connecticut in the week of June 20, 2011:

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMON POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION:

RELEVANCE TO ADHESION

To be held June 20-22, 2011 Danbury,

Connecticut, USA

Symposium History and Motivation

This symposium is the eighth in the series which

continues the tradition set by the first in the series

entitled: “Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance

to Adhesion” which was held in Las Vegas, NV,

1993. As with its predecessors, this symposium will

be concerned with the technological areas where

surface modification is a key technology which

allows for the processing and manufacture of

products which would otherwise be unobtainable.

Proper adhesion characteristics are vital to the

success of any practical implementation of polymer

materials. Though polymers are generally not very

adhesionable, careful surface modification can

result in greatly improved adhesion without

altering bulk properties.

ABBREVIATED LIST OF PAPERS TO BE

PRESENTED

The following is a PARTIAL list of papers to be

presented arranged by category. Note that the

address given may apply to the presenting author

only.

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ATMOSPHERIC AND FLAME PLASMAS

S. Bai, K.K.C. Ho, G. Knox and A. Bismarck;

Department of Chemical Engineering, Polymer and

Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group, Imperial

College London, South Kensington Campus, London

SW7 2AZ, UK; Impact of Continuous

Atmospheric Plasma Polymerisation on the

Interfacial Propterties of Carbon Fibre / RFL

Elastomer

Y. Kusano, S.V. Singh, K. Norrman, J. Drews, F.

Leipold, P.K. Michelsen, P. Morgen, A. Bardenshtein

and N. Krebs; Risø National Laboratory for

Sustainable Energy, Technical University of

Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, DENMARK; Advanced

Plasma Processing at Atmospheric Pressure

N. De Geyter, R. Morent, T. Jacobs, S. Van

Vlierberghe, P. Dubruel and Christophe Leys;

Research Unit Plasma Technology (RUPT),

Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of

Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent

BELGIUM; Medium Pressure Plasma Treatment

of Biodegradable PLA and PCL

Mikko Tuominen; Tampere University of

Technology, Paper Converting and Packaging

Technology, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101 Tampere,

FINLAND; Adjustable Wetting Properties of

Nanocoated Surfaces by Atmospheric Plasma

Treatment.

Victor Rodriguez-Santiago, Andres A. Bujanda,

Robert E. Jensen, and Daphne D. Pappas; U. S.

Army Research Laboratory, ATTN: AMSRL-WM-MA,

Building 4600 Deer Creek Loop, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, MD 21005 Atmospheric Plasma

Processing of Polymers: A Review of

Plasma-Surface Interactions and Applications

Joseph DiGiacomo; Flynn Burner Corporation,

425 Fifth Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10902; Flame

Plasma Surface Treating System Applied to a

High Speed Coating Line

GENERAL PLASMA PROCESSING

L. Hoferek, E. Palesch and V. Cech; Institute of

Materials Chemistry, Brno University of,

Technology, Purkynova 118, CZ-612 00 Brno,

Czech Repuiblic; Plasma-polymerized Films

Based on Tetravinylsilane Monomer

Stephen Coulson; P2i Ltd., Unit 13/14, Central

127 Milliton Park, Abingdon OX14 4SA, UNITED

KINGDOM; Plasma Surface Modification for

Increased Hydrophilicity

K. Fricke, K. Duske, A. Quade, B. Nebe, K.

Schröder and Th. v. Woedtke; Leibniz Institute for

Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald

e.V.), Greifswald, GERMANY; Comparison of

Low-temperature Plasma Processes on the

Surface Properties of Polystyrene and Their

Impact on the Growth of Osteoblastic Cells

Yiping Qiu; College of Textiles, Donghua

Unversity, 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang

District, Shanghai 201620, P.R.CHINA;

Hydrophobic Plasma Treatment of Cellulose

Fiber Surface for Bonding to Polypropylene

Matrix for Green Composites

Luc Stafford; Department of Physics, University of

Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, CANADA;

Functionalization of Wood Surfaces in the

Afterglow of an Atmospheric Pressure

Dielectric Barrier Discharge

Travis Kemper, Patrick Chiu, Simon Phillpot, and

Susan B. Sinnott; Department of Materials Science

and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville,

FL, 32605; Molecular Investigation of Plasma

Treatment of Interfacial Polymer Adhesion

NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Jas Pal Badyal; Chemistry Department, Durham

University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;

Multi-Functional Nanocoatings

John D. Clay; Battelle Advanced Materials

Applications, National Security Global Business,

505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201-2693;

Polymer Surface Modification Using

Roll-to-Roll Nanoimprint Lithography

(R2RNIL)

P. Munzert, C. Präfke, U. Schulz and N. Kaiser;

Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision

Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745 Jena,

GRMANY; Vacuum Deposition of Optical

Coatings on PMMA and Polycarbonate

Tao Cai, K. G. Neoh and E. T. Kang; Department

of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National

University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE

119260; Surface-Functionalized and Surface-

Functionalizable Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Membranes via Click Chemistry and Atom

Transfer Radical Polymerization

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Satoru Iwamori, Kiyoshi Yoshino, Hiroyuki

Matsumoto and Kazutoshi Noda; Tokai University,

Kanagawa 259-1292, JAPAN; Monitoring of

Active Oxygen Generated under Ultraviolet

Irradiation Using a Quartz Crystal

Microbalance (QCM) with Sputter-coated and

Spin-coated Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Thin

Films

BIOMEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL

APPLICATIONS

Shubhra Gangopadhyay; Department of

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of

Missouri-Columbia, 141A Engineering Building

West, Columbia, MISSOURI 65211-2300;

Modification of Surfaces and Their Applications

in Biomedical Microdevices

Yves Grohens, Gijo Raj and Eric Balnois;

Laboratoire d’Ingenierie des Matériaux de Bretagne

(LIMAT B), Equipe Polymères et Composites,

Université de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, FRANCE;

Colloidal Force Measurements Between

Cellulose and Polylactic Acid to Mimic

Interfaces Adhesion in Biocomposites

James Hickman; University of Central Florida,

Dept of Chemistry, Biomolecular Science and

Electrical Engineering, Orlando, FLORIDA;

Quantification and Structure Evaluation of

Protein Adsorbed at Defined Interfaces and its

Effect on Subsequent Cell Culture

X. F. Hu, F. Zhang, E. T. Kang and K. G. Neoh;

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent

Ridge, Singapore 119260; Exploiting Surface

Chemical Modification of Natural Biopolymers

for Selective Bio-interactivity with Bacteria

and Bone Cells in Orthopedic Applications

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SILANES AND OTHERCOUPLING AGENTS

To be held June 22-24, 2011, Danbury,Connecticut, USA

SYMPOSIUM HISTORY AND MOTIVATION

This symposium continues the tradition set by the

first symposium in this series:”Silanes and Other

Coupling Agents” which was hosted in 1991 by the

Dow Corning Corporation in honor of Dr. Edwin P.

Plueddemann. As with its predecessors, this

symposium will be concerned with the technological

areas where the use of surface primers such as

silanes is critical to the success of many

technologies.

Historically the silanes have been used as coupling

agents for thin films in the microelectronics

industry and in glass fiber composites where the

use of silanes has been an enabling factor in the

success of many manufactured products. Quite

surprisingly, silanes have also found a role in

biotechnology as specific coupling agents for

bonding polynucleotides to the so-called “gene

chips” and also in cosmetic applications.

ABBREVIATED LIST OF PAPERS TO BE

PRESENTED

The following is a PARTIAL list of papers to be

presented arranged by category. Note that the

address given may apply to presenting author only.

A. Ansarifar; Materials Department,

Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU,

UK; How a Sulfur-bearing Bifunctional

Organosilane Changed the Shape of Rubber

Formulation

A Babik and V. Cech; Institute of Materials

Chemistry, Brno University of Technology,

Purkynova 118, CZ-61200 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC;

Self-assembled Monolayers of

Vinyltriethoxysilane and Vinyltrichlorosilane

L. Hoferek, E. Palesch, V. Cech; Institute of

Materials Chemistry, Brno University of Technology

Purkynova 118, CZ-61200 Brno, Czech Republic;

Plasma-polymerized Films Based on

Tetravinylsilane Monomer

Bret Chisholm , Partha Majumdar, Shane Stafslien,

and David Christianson; Center for Nanoscale

Science and Engineering, North Dakota State

University, Fargo, ND, USA; An Investigation of

Antimicrobial Coatings Derived from

Quaternary Ammonium-Functional

Alkoxysilanes Using Combinatorial/High-

Throughput Methods

W. Dierkes, M. Tiwari, R. Datta, A. Talma, J.

Noordermeer and W. van Ooij; University Twente,

Faculty of Engineering Technology, Department of

Elastomer Technology & Engineering, Enschede,

THE NETHERLANDS; Improving Compatibility

and Interaction of Polymers and Additives in

Rubber by Surface Modification in a Plasma

Polymerization Process

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Tsutomu Furuta and Akira Nakajima;

Department of Metallurgy & Ceramics Science,

Graduate School of Science & Technology, Tokyo

Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama,

Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, JAPAN; Evaporation

and Sliding of Water Droplets on

Fluoroalkylsilane Coatings with Nanoscale

Heterogeneity

M. Masudul. Hassan, Marco Mueller, Diana J.

Tartakowska and Manfred H. Wagner;

Department of Chemistry, M C College, National

University, Sylhet-3100, BANGLADESH; Grafting

of Gycidyl Methacrylate on to Isotactic

Polypropylene Used as a Compatibiliser For

Composite Preparation

N. Deb, M. A. Hossain, M. Masudul Hassan and M.

A. Khan; Department of Chemistry, M C College,

National University, Sylhet-3100, BANGLADESH;

Role of Radiation on the Chitosan Film

Extracted from Prawn Shell: Effect of Silane

Guo Liang Li, K. G. Neoh and E. T. Kang;

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular

Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent

Ridge, Singapore 119260; Silane-Promoted

Synthesis of Functional Hollow Polymeric and

Hybrid Micro- and Nanostructures

L. Wang, C. Huang, E. T. Kang and K. G. Neoh;

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent

Ridge, Singapore 119260; Designing

Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles via

Silane Anchors for Biomedical Applications

E. H. N. Pow K.K.C. Yeung and J.P. Matinlinna;

Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dentistry, The

University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG; HEMA and

Silane Blend Effects on Resin Titanium

Bonding

A. N. Rider and N. Brack; DSTO, Melbourne,

AUSTRALIA; The Influence of Surface

Roughening and Plasma Treatment on the

Environmental Resistance of Epoxy to

Titanium Adhesive Bonds

Gon Seo; School of Chemical Engineering,

Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757,

Korea (South); Improved Tensile and Dynamic

Properties of SBR Compounds Reinforced with

Networked Silicas Prepared Using Silanes as

Connecting Materials

Torsten Textor, René Püschl, Marcus Walder,

Oswin Lensch, Thorsten Göschel, Stefan Ziegler,

Harald Küster and Frank Templin; Deutsches

Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V., Adlerstr.

1, 47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Corrosion

Protecting and Hard Coating Material with

Excellent Optical Properties Based on Cyclic

Alkoxysilane Precursors

AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPATION

These symposia are organized to bring together

scientists, technologists and engineers interested in

all aspects of modification technology, to review

and assess the current state of knowledge, to

provide a forum for exchange and cross-fertilization

of ideas, and to define problem areas which need

intensified efforts.

SUBMITTING A PAPER

These symposium are being organized by MST

Conferences under the direction of Dr. K. L. Mittal,

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Adhesion Science and

Technology(JAST). Presenting authors are invited

to submit their papers for publication in the Journal

of Adhesion Science and Technology. Please notify

the conference chairman of your intentions to

present a paper as early as possible. An abstract

of about 200 words should be sent by March15,

2011 to the conference chairman by any of the

following methods:

E-mail: rhl@mstconf.com

FAX: 212-656-1016

Regular mail:

Dr. Robert H. Lacombe

Conference Chairman

3 Hammer Drive

Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

Contact by phone: 845-897-1654; 845-227-7026

Full conference details and registration via the

Internet will be maintained on our web site:

For the POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION

symposium go to:

http://mstconf.com/surfmod8.htm

For the SILANE symposium go to:

http://mstconf.com/silanes8.htm

To get on the conference mailing list fill out the

online response form:

www.mstconf.com/resp-sprg-2011.htm

To register for a symposium or short course go to

www.mstconf.com/RegMST.htm

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COMPREHENSIVE AND TOPICAL SHORT

COURSES

In concert with the above symposia MST offers

topical short course dealing in detail with issues

critical to the practical implementation of surface

modification technologies. The first course deals

with the topic of adhesion measurement which is

fundamental to any effort designed to improve

adhesion or to solve an existing adhesion problem.

The second course deals with the durability of

adhesive joints which is one of the major

applications of surface modification technology and

involves both the adhesion and bulk properties of

adhesive materials.

Comprehensive ShortCourse On Adhesion

Measurement Methods

Danbury, Connecticut

June 25, 2011

This course presents an overview of the latest

adhesion measurement techniques which are being

used to evaluate the PRACTICAL ADHESION of

coatings and laminate structures. Emphasis is

given to methods which can be carried out in a

manufacturing environment as well as in the lab

and which give results that are directly relevant to

the durability and performance of the structures

under investigation. The effects of coating elastic

properties and residual stress are considered as

well as other external influences which affect

durability under use conditions.

Audience: Scientists, technicians and professional

staff in R&D, manufacturing, processing, quality

control/reliability involved with adhesion aspects of

coatings and adhesion-sensitive applications.

Level: Beginner- Intermediate

introduction/overview

Prerequisites: Elementary background In

chemistry, physics or materials science.

Duration: 1 day

Course fee and materials: $695; Includes

complete set of lecture notes plus copy of

handbook and reference guide ADHESION

MEASUREMENT METHODS: THEORY AND

PRACTICE, (CRC PRESS, 2006)

How You Will Benefit From This Course:

< Understand advantages and disadvantages

of a range of adhesion measurement

techniques.

< Gain broad overview of wide range of

adhesion measurement methods

< Learn optimal methods for setting adhesion

strength requirements for coating

applications.

< Acquire basic skills for addressing adhesion

failure problems

< Know where help is available in emergency

situations

< Learn how to select best measurement

technique for a given application.

Comprehensive Short Course onTesting and Durability ofAdhesive Joints

Danbury, Connecticut

June, 26, 2011

When you make an adhesive joint as part of some

device or product there is always the concern of

joint durability whether the product is something

as prosaic as a cereal box or as high tech as a jet

aircraft. The consequences of joint failure can

range anywhere from an annoying nuisance to the

endangerment of lives. Thus this short course will

give an overview of the technology and tools

available for evaluating beforehand the expected

performance of adhesive joints subjected to the

environmental and load conditions under which

they must survive.

Audience: Scientists, technicians and professional

staff in R&D, manufacturing, processing, quality

control/reliability involved with bonding using

adhesives, adhesion aspects of coatings and

adhesion sensitive applications.

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Level: Beginner- Intermediate

introduction/overview

Prerequisites: Elementary background In

chemistry, physics or materials science.

Duration: 1 day

Course fee and materials: $695; Includes

complete set of lecture notes plus copy of handbook

and reference guide ADHESION MEASUREMENT

METHODS: THEORY AND PRACTICE, (CRC

PRESS, 2006)

How You Will Benefit From This Course:

Understand advantages and disadvantages of a

range of test methods for adhesive joints.

Gain insight into mechanics of adhesion testing

and the role of adhesive material properties.

Explore the full range of phenomena affecting joint

reliability including: adhesion to substrate, thermal-

mechanical properties of adhesive and the effect of

residual stress.

Review most important non-destructive inspection

methods for discovering flaws in joint formation.

Gain perspective from detailed discussion of

actual case studies of product manufacturing and

development problems.

HOTEL AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR THE

DANBURY PLAZA HOTEL

THE SYMPOSIA AND SHORT COURSES WILL BE

HELD AT THE DANBURY PLAZA HOTEL AT THE

FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

Danbury Plaza

Hotel and Conference Center

18 Old Ridgebury Road

Danbury, CT 06810

Tel: 203-794-0600

Web site: www.danburyplaza.com

E-mail: aweber@danburyplaza.com

TRANSPORTATION: Limousine and shuttle service

is available from LaGuardia and Kennedy airports.

The hotel recommends the following services for

Airport Transportation arrangements. Each of these

vendors offers door to door service.

Go Airport Shuttle - Shuttle Van

Georgianna Lemelin

Tel: 203-891-1280

E-mail: sales@ToTheAirport.com

Gateway Limousine Inc.-Town Car

Rich Daddona

Tel: 800-942-8392

Enterprise Car Rental - Car Rental with an

International Drivers License

David Capasso

Tel: 203-423-9334 Cellular Phone

E-mail: David.a.capasso@erac.com

All of the above vendors service the international

airports both in CT and NY. Please remember that

each airport has Taxi Stands with Taxi Service

available from each airport to the hotel destination.

Taxi service cannot be pre-arranged.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

DATES: JUNE 20-22, 2011: EIGHTH

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER

SURFACE MODIFICATION: RELEVANCE TO

ADHESION

www.mstconf.com/surfmod8.htm

JUNE 22-24, 2010: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL

SYMPOSIUM ON SILANES AND OTHER

COUPLING AGENTS

www.mstconf.com/silanes8.htm

REGISTRATION FEE: Speaker/student $395

each; regular attendee $595 each. A 10%

discount applies if more than 1 person is

participating from the same organization.

TO REGISTER FOR A SYMPOSIUM OR SHORT

COURSE:

BY PHONE: 845-897-1654; 845-227-7026

BY FAX: 212-656-1016

E-mail: rhl@mstconf.com

REGISTER ONLINE:

www.mstconf.com/RegMST.htm

BY MAIL: SEND COMPLETED FORM TO:

Dr. Robert Lacombe

Chairman

MST Conferences

3 Hammer Drive

Hopewell Junction, NY 12533-6124, USA

CANCELLATIONS: Registration fees are refundable,subject to a 15% service charge, if cancellation is madeby March 15, 2011. NO refunds will be given after thatdate. All cancellations must be in writing. Substitutionsfrom the same organization may be made at any timewithout penalty. MST Conferences reserves the right tocancel any of the symposia or the short courses if itdeems this necessary and will, in such event, make a fullrefund of the registration fee. No liability is assumed byMST Conferences for changes in program content.

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REGISTRATION FORM: CHECK ALL THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION, June 20-22,

2011 (speaker/student) $395

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION, June 20-22,

2011 (regular attendee) $595

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SILANES AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS, JUNE

22-24, 2011 (speaker/student) $395

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SILANES AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS, JUNE

22-24, 2011 (regular attendee) $595

Sub Total

Deduct additional 10% if more than 1 participant from same institution

Short Course on Applied Adhesion Measurement Methods (June 25, 2011) $695

Short Course on Durability of Adhesive Joints (June 26, 2011) $695

TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE

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