Molecular Characterization of Bonding Interactions at the Buried Steel Oxide-Aminopropyl Triethoxysilane Interface Accessed by Ar Cluster Sputtering Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The overall performance of any organic coating system on a metal is largely dependent on the primer coating which has the crucial function to ensure adhesion to the metal substrate. Although performance in terms of adhesion can be empirically measured, the underlying chemical adhesion mechanism is difficult to unravel. A detailed molecular characterization of interfacial chemistry is required for this purpose, but brings up the challenge to ...