AVS 52nd International Symposium
    Applied Surface Science Monday Sessions
       Session AS-MoP

Paper AS-MoP10
The Efficacy of Organosilane Surface Modifications on Distribution of Polar Inorganic Particles within a Nonpolar Polymer Matrix

Monday, October 31, 2005, 5:00 pm, Room Exhibit Hall C&D

Session: Aspects of Applied Surface Science Poster Session
Presenter: A.K. Wertsching, Idaho National Laboratory
Authors: A.K. Wertsching, Idaho National Laboratory
T.L. Trowbridge, Idaho National Laboratory
P.J. Pinhero, Idaho National Laboratory
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Improving the surface interface of nonpolar and polar materials is critical to creating the desired physical properties of hybrid composites. Modification of inorganic particles with various organosilanes has the effect of creating a nonpolar surface on a polar material, which then can be dispersed into nonpolar media. However, choice of organosilane can have radically different results on the composite. The impact of the organosilane upon these composites are examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning Auger microscopy (SAM), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).