The Molecular Modelling of Silane Primers Adhesive Joints and Composite Materials

Abstract

The adhesion of a series of organosilanes, with varying lengths of alkyl chain, adsorbed on different metal-oxide substrates have been modelled using a computational molecular dynamics (MD) approach. The silanes modelled were: (a) the fully hydrolysed version of gamma- glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPMS), (b) the fully hydrolysed version of gamma- glycidoxydecyltrimethoxysilane (GDMS), and (c) the fully hydrolysed version of gamma- glycidoxyeicosyltrimethoxysilane (GEMS). The substrates were corundum (alpha-Al2O3), an amorphous form of aluminium oxide (amorphous alumna, Al2O3) and haematite (Fe2O3).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA335469

Entities

People

  • A. J. Kinloch
  • P. M. Hobbs

Organizations

  • Imperial College London

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Adhesives
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Modeling
  • Computational Science
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Materials
  • Metal Oxides
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Molecules
  • Oxides
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

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  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
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