|
 CALL FOR PAPERS
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
SILANES
AND OTHER COUPLING AGENTS
To be held June22-24, 2005
NOVOTEL, Toronto Centre, Toronto, CANADA |
| 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. |
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 special issue of
JAST 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 February 28, 2005 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; 845-227-7026
Or click the online response form below to submit an
abstract or register |