Zeta Potentials of Metal Oxide Surfaces Modified with Silane Coupling Agents

[Silane coupling agents].

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of quaternary ammonium silane coupling agents.

Fourteen novel silane coupling agents with a quaternary ammonium group introduced into the molecule, [CH(2)=CHCH(2)N(+)(CH(3))(C(n)H(2n+1))(CH(2))(3)Si(OCH(3))(3)]X(-) (n-X, n=10-18, X=Cl, Br, or I), were synthesized with the aim of using these agents to make material surfaces antimicrobial for a long period of time. Measurements of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) against 12 kinds o...

Surface Reactions on Thin Layers of Silane Coupling Agents

The reactivity of immobilized functional groups in thin layers of (3-aminopropy1)triethoxy~ilane (APS), (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxy~ilane, (3-bromopropyl)trimethoxysilane, and (8-bromoody1)trimethoxysilane on oxidized aluminum substrates was studied with reflection-adsorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIR), optical ellipsometry and contact-angle measurements. Mass changes on the surface associat...

Silane-modified surfaces in specific antibody-mediated cell recognition.

The immobilization of antibodies on various surfaces has been the subject of advanced research in various immunoassay-based diagnostic devices. The physical and chemical stabilities of the immobilized antibodies on a solid surface still cause many problems because upon immobilizing antibody molecules, the antigen-binding ability usually decreases. The silanization of surfaces with organosilanes...

Magnetoelectric coupling at metal surfaces.

Magnetoelectric coupling allows the magnetic state of a material to be changed by an applied electric field. To date, this phenomenon has mainly been observed in insulating materials such as complex multiferroic oxides. Bulk metallic systems do not exhibit magnetoelectric coupling, because applied electric fields are screened by conduction electrons. We demonstrate strong magnetoelectric coupli...