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 CALL FOR PAPERS
THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
SILANES
AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS
To be held June 18-20, 2001 at the
Robert Treat Hotel; Newark, NJ |
| This symposium continues the tradition set by the first symposium in this series:"Silanes and Other Coupling
Agents" which was hosted in 1991 by the Dow Corning Corporation in honor of Dr. Edwin P. Plueddemann. As with
its predecessor, this symposium will be concerned with the technological areas where the use of surface primers
such as silanes is critical to the success of coating technology. The use of silanes as coupling agents for polyimide
coatings and in glass fiber composites are just two applications where the use of silanes has been an enabling factor
in the success of particular manufactured products. Quite surprisingly, silanes have also found a role in
biotechnology as specific coupling agents for bonding polynucleotides to the so-called "gene chips". This symposium
is organized to bring together scientists, technologists and engineers interested in all aspects of coupling agent
technology, to review and assess the current state of knowledge, to provide a forum for exchange and
cross-fertilization of ideas and to define problem areas which need intensified efforts.
The invited speakers have been selected so as to represent widely differing disciplines and interests, and they hail
from academic, governmental and industrial research laboratories. This meeting is planned to be a truly
international event both in geographic coverage as well as in spirit. The technical program will contain both invited
overviews and contributed original research papers. It is planned to chronicle the transactions in a hard-bound
volume of archival quality (to match or exceed the standards of the journal literature) which will serve as a
reference work for future generations of investigators.
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AMONG TOPICS TO BE COVERED ARE:
- Mechanisms of silanes action.
- Role of silanes in adhesion of coatings and composites.
- Deposition techniques:
- solution
- plasma
- vapor
- Non-silane adhesion promoters.
- Plasma polymerized coatings as adhesion promoters.
- Relevance of silanes in durability of bonds.
- Applications:
- coatings
- adhesive joints
- composites
- Surface/interface characterization.
- novel analytical techniques
- advanced instrumentation |
This symposium is being organized by MST Conferences,
LLC under the direction of Dr. K. L. Mittal, Editor, Journal
of Adhesion Science and Technology. A proceedings
volume is planned for this symposium and further details
will be provided in due course. Please notify the
conference chairman of your intentions to present a paper
as early as possible. An abstract of about 200 words
should be sent by January 15, 2001 to the conference
chairman by any of the following methods:
E-mail: rhl@mstconf.com
FAX: 212-656-1016
Regular mail:
Dr. Robert H. Lacombe
Conference Chairman
3 Hammer Drive
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Contact by phone: 845-226-1393 |
