The Molecular Modelling of Silane Primers for Adhesive Joints and Composite Materials.

Abstract

The main aim of this work is to improve the understanding of the mechanisms of adhesion of organosilanes on metal surfaces for the design of improved adhesion promoters/primers. Our approach is to conduct molecular simulations to determine binding energies of the various molecular structures and the influence of surface contaminants, on the interaction of organosilanes with metal oxides. The initial problems have been overcome and good progress has been made in the last few months. p1

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308208

Entities

People

  • A. J. Kinloch
  • P. M. Hobbs

Organizations

  • Imperial College London

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Simulations
  • Dynamics
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Free Energy
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Metal Oxides
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxides
  • Oxygen
  • Security
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Surface Coatings Technology.