FINAL PROGRAM

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON

SILANES

AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS

To be held June 22-24, 2005 NOVOTEL, Toronto Centre, Toronto, CANADA

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. The use of silanes as coupling agents for polyimide coatings and in glass fiber composites are just two applications where the use of silanes has been an enabling factor in the success of particular 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".

This symposium is organized to bring together scientists, technologists and engineers interested in all aspects of coupling agent 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.

The invited speakers have been selected so as to represent widely differing disciplines and interests, and they hail from academic, governmental and industrial research laboratories. This meeting is planned to be a truly international event both in geographic coverage as well as in spirit. The following is a list of papers to be presented at this symposium. Please note also that the address given may apply only to the presenting author.

SESSION I: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005

1:30-1:35: OPENING REMARKS

1:35-2:05: Eric R. Pohl and Antonio Chaves; GE OSi Specialties, 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-6728; Glycoxysilanes and Their Use to Reduce Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

2:05-2:35: Rudolf Hager; Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Burghausen, GERMANY; The New High Speed Technology: -silanes

2:35- 3:05: Bhanu P. S. Chauhan; Department of Chemistry, City University of New York at the College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314; Metal Nanoclusters Catalyzed Transformations of Silanes and Polysiloxanes

3:05-3:35: Sung-Hwan Choi and Bi-min Zhang Newby; Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3906; Dewetting Suppression of Polystyrene Thin Films on Surfaces Modified with Aminofunctional Organosilanes

3:35-3:50: COFFEE BREAK

3:50-4:20: F.J. Xu, E.T. Kang and K.G. Neoh; Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, SINGAPORE 119260; Functional Polymer-Si and Polymer-SiO₂ Hybrids via Surface-Initiated Living Radical Polymerization

4:20-4:50: Ali Dhinojwala; Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325; Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy to Probe Hidden Polymer Interfaces

4:50-5:20: Guirong Pan and Dale W. Schaefer; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012; Are Silane Films Water Barriers?

5:20-5:50: Henrik H. J. Persson, Stephen Kaplan, Mikki Larner, Russell Kam, Ronald W. Davis and Nader Pourmand; Stanford Genome Technology Center, 855 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304; Plasma Enhanced Deposition of Silane Coupling Agents for Biological Applications

5:50-6:10: H.-J. Buschmann, A. Wego, E. Schollmeyer, M. Felicetti, A. M. Richter and S. Jähnert; Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V., Adlerstrasse 1, D-47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Incorporation of the Macrocyclic Ligand Cucurbit[6]uril into a Siloxane Matrix

SESSION II: THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005

8:00-8:30: Janis Matisons; Nanomaterials Group, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Silanes on Glass Fibre Surfaces

8:30-9:00: Anthony A. Parker and Jane Hollenberg; A. A. Parker Consulting & Product Development; Newtown, PA.; Comparative Studies of Hydrophobic Surface Treatments for TiO₂: n-Octylphosphonic Acid vs. n-Octyltriethoxysilane

9:00-9:30: Alain Carré and Valérie Lacarrière; Corning SAS, Fontainebleau Research Center, 7bis, avenue de Valvins, 77210 Avon, FRANCE; Glass Substrates Modified with Organosilanes for Biological Applications

9:30-10:00: F. R. Jones, J .L. Thomason and X. M. Liu; Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK; The Differential Adsorption of Silanes from Solution onto Model E-Glass Surfaces Using High Resolution XPS

10:00-10:15: COFFEE BREAK

10:15-10:45: K. Benzarti; Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), 58 Bld Lefebvre, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE; Influence of Glass Fiber Sizing on the Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials: Investigation in the Low and High Strain Domains

10:45-11:15: Eero Iiskola and Satu Ek, Laboratory of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O.B. 6100, FIN-02015, Espoo FINLAND; Molecular Control of Interface Chemistry by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Building Aminoalkoxysilane Monolayers on Porous Silica

11:15-11:45: Renaud Briard, Caroline Heitz and Etienne Barthel; Surface du Verre et Interfaces, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS/Saint-Gobain, UMR 125, 39 Quai Lucien Lefranc, F-93303 Aubervilliers cedex, FRANCE; Glass Strengthening by Organosilanes Water-based Coating

11:45-12:05: X. M. Liu, J. L. Thomason and F. R. Jones; Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK; The Interaction of Amino and Glycidyl Silanes with E-glass Surfaces

12:05-12:25: C. Bellmann, R. Plonka, A. Caspari and T. Luxbacher; Anton Paar GmbH, Anton-Paar-Straße 20, A-8054 Graz, AUSTRIA; Characterization of the Interaction between Silanes and Solid Surfaces by the Streaming Potential Method

12:25-1:30: LUNCH

SESSION III: THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005

1:30-2:00: Tanweer Ahsan; Henkel Corporation, Olean, NY 14760; Silanes and Surface and Adhesion Properties of Mold Compounds in Semiconductor Packaging

2:00-2:30: Douglas H. Berry and Apinan Namkanisorn; Boeing Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707, MC OM-FM, Seattle, WA 98124-2207; Fracture Behavior and Toughness of a Silane Coupled, Polystyrene-Aluminum Interface

2:30-3:00: Wilma Dierkes and Jacques W. M. Noordermeer; Twente University, Faculty of Science & Technology, Department of Rubber Technology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, THE NETHERLANDS; Modeling and Practice of Ethanol-devolatilization of Silica-Silane Rubber Compounds in an Internal Mixer

3:00-3:30: Michael B. Sands; Vijay Subramanian and Guangzhao Mao; Dept of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, MI 48180; Thermal Characterization on the Interaction of Adhesives and Rubber

3:30-3:45: COFFEE BREAK

3:45-4:15: Torsten Textor, Klaus Opwis, Thomas Bahners and Eckhard Schollmeyer; Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V., Adlerstr.1, D-47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Surface Photografting of Unsaturated Alkoxysilanes onto Polyolefins with Excimer-UV-Lamps

4:15-4:35: A. del Campo, P. Stegmaier and E. Arzt; Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstraße 3; D-70569 Stuttgart, GERMANY; Tailored Organosilanes for Functional Immobilisation of Biomolecules

4:35-4:55: C. Canal, R. Molina, E. Bertrán and P. Erra; Surfactant Technology Department, IIQAB-CSIC, c/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN; Effect of the Post-application of Polysiloxanes on Plasma Treated Wool Fabrics

4:55-5:15: Thomas Bahners, Dierk Knittel, Torsten Textor, Hans-Jürgen Buschmann and Eckhard Schollmeyer; Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V. D-47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Surface Functionalisation of Textile Fibers with Reactive Silicon Compounds

5:15-5:35: J. Bouchet, G. Rochat, B. Singh, Y. Leterrier, J.-A. E. Månson and P. Fayet; Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; Influence of the Amino-organosilane/SiO_x Interphase on the Barrier and Mechanical Performance of Nanocomposites

SESSION IV: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005

8:00-8:30: Steve Shaw; Room 19, Building 231, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK; Optimised Silane Treatments for Aluminium Alloys

8:30-9:00: Wim J. van Ooij; Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012; Potential of Silane Coupling Agents to Replace Chromate Metal Pretreatments

9:00-9:20: Senthilkumar Chandrasekaran and Wim J. van Ooij; Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012; Electrodeposition of Bis-silanes for Pretreatment of Aluminum Alloys

9:20-9:40: Chetan Shivane, Naveen BV Simhadri and Wim J. van Ooij; Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012; Improved Water-based Silane Pretreatment for HDG Substrates

9:40-10:00: Wim J.van Ooij, Karthik Suryanarayanan and Tammy Metroke; Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012, USA; Integral Epoxy Resin-silane Primer System for Hot-dip Galvanized Steel

10:00-10:20: COFFEE BREAK

10:20-10:40: RamaKrishna Nookala and Wim J van Ooij; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012; Performance of Silanes in Protecting Metals from Corrosion: Effect of Substrate Cleaning

10:40-11:00: Lin Yang, Anuj Seth, Naveen Simhadri and Wim J. van Ooij; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221; Novel Corrosion Inhibitors for Improved Silane Systems

11:00-11:20: Anuj Seth, Lin Yang, and Wim J. van Ooij; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221-0012; A Novel, Low-VOC, Chromate-free, One-Step, Silane-Based Primer System for Corrosion Protection

11:20-11:40: Akshay Ashirgade, Trilok Mugada and Wim J. van Ooij; Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221-0012; An Ultra-Flexible, Chromate-Free, Low-VOC, Silane-based Finishing and Coating System for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys

11:40-1:00: LUNCH

SESSION V: FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005

1:00-1:30: A. del Campo, D. Boos, U. Jonas and H. W. Spiess; Max-Planck Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, GERMANY; Photosensitive Silanes for Chemical Lithography

1:30-2:00: R. De Palma,, W. Laureyn, S. Peeters, K. Jans, K. Bonroy, W. Maes, S. Cappelle, G. Borghs, C. Van Hoof, and G. Maes; Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC), BELGIUM; Silane Monolayers for Functional Nano-bio Interfaces

2:00-2:30: Mandla A. Tshabalala and Li-Piin Sung; USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison,WI 53726-2398; Sol-gel Deposition of Inorganic Alkoxides on Wood Surfaces

2:30-3:00: J. P. Matinlinna, M. Özcan,L.V.J. Lassila and P.K. Vallittu; University of Turku, Institute of Dentistry, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, FI-20520 Turku, FINLAND; Silane Chemistry and its Applications in Dentistry

3:00-3:20: COFFEE BREAK

3:20-3:40: B. Viallet, J. P. Peyrade, L. Ressier, C. Martin and J. Grisolia; LNMO, Département de Génie Physique, INSA - CNRS, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, FRANCE; Local Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silane for Combining Top down and Bottom up Approaches

3:40-4:00: Mark H. Lee; Dept. of Bioengineering, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Self-Assembled Monolayers of Omega-Functional Alkylsilanes: A Platform for Understanding Cellular Adhesion at the Molecular Level

4:00-4:20: J. P. Matinlinna, L. V. J. Lassila, M. Özcan and P. K. Vallittu; University of Turku, Institute of Dentistry, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Research, FI-20520 Turku, FINLAND; Some Rare Silane Coupling Agents and their Novel Dental Applications

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