Abstract The effect of hydrophobic modification on the performances collagen fibers (CFs) was investigated by using silane coupling agents with different alkyl chains as modifiers. It found could be easily grafted onto CF surface through covalent bonds under 5% water content. This led to transformation wettability from hydrophilic hydrophobic. Interestingly, change resulted in substantial impro...

In this study three chemical agents Amino-propyl-triethoxy-silane (APS), sorbitol ended PLA oligomer (SPLA) and Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) were identified to be used as coupling agents to react with the phosphate glass fibre (PGF) reinforcement and the polylactic acid (PLA) polymer matrix of the composite. Composites were prepared with short chopped strand fibres (l = 20 mm, ϕ = 20 µm) in...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of silane in the repair of old and new resin-composite restorations. METHOD Part 1: repair of old composite was performed on 60 resin-composite substrates that were 6 years old and were made of six different brands of composite. Three experiments were performed. In the first experiment, the substrates were ground flat and composite...

Silane-modified amphiphilic chitosan was synthesized by anchoring a silane coupling agent, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane, to a novel amphiphilic carboxymethyl-hexanoyl chitosan (CHC). The chemical structure of this new organic-inorganic hybrid molecule was characterized by FTIR and 13C-, 29Si-nuclear magnetic resonance, while the structural evolution was examined using scanning electron micros...