The topic of silanes and other coupling agents/adhesion promoters is of tremendous contemporary interest because of their application in many and varied technologically important areas ranging from coatings to reinforced composites to dentistry to biomedical (e.g., for bonding nucleotides to the so-called a gene chipsa ). In addition to their tra

Preface. Acknowledgements. Silane Coupling Agents/Adhesion Promoters. Silane Coupling Agents and Glass Fibre Surfaces: A Perspective. The Concentration of Hydroxyl Groups on Glass Surfaces and Their Effect on the Structure of Silane Deposits. XPS and AFM Study of the Structure of Hydrolysed Aminosilane on E-Glass Surfaces. The Role of Polarity in the Structure of Silanes Employed in Surface Modification. Characterisation of Silane Pretreatment for Organic Coatings on Copper. Hydrothermal Degradation of Hydrophobic Organosilane Films Determined by Neutron Reflectometry. Water Absorption and Transport in Bis-amino Silane Film. The Effect of the Novel Silane System on the Flexural Properties of E-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composites for Dental Use. The Positive Effects of -APS on the Cathodic Delamination of Elastomer-Metal Adhesive Joints. Surface Modification of Wood by Alkoxysilane Sol-Gel Deposition to Create Anti-mold and Anti-fungal Characteristics. Silanes for Corrosion Inhibition/Protection. A Review of Plasma Polymer Coatings in Corrosion Protection of Metallic Materials. Chromate-Free Silane-Containing Primer Technology. Improving the Corrosion Performance of Epoxy Coatings by Modification with "Active" and "Non-active" Silane Monomers. Corrosion Protection of Batch Galvanized Steels by Thin Silane Films with Corrosion Inhibitors. Zinc Phosphate as an Effective Anticorrosion Pigment in Silane-Based Waterborne Primers. Metal-Protective Films Based on Mixed Silane Coupling Agents. General Papers. Silane Coupling Agents for Surface-Initiated Living Polymerizations. Application of Nanosols to Improve Functional Properties of p-Aramide Fabrics Used for Bullet-Proof Vests. Photocatalytic Titania Derived by Sol-Gel Technique for Textile Application. Solid-State NMR Studies of a Hydrophobic Surface Treatment for TiO2: n-Octylphosphonic Acid. Surface-Free Energy of Silicon-Based Plasma Polymer Films.