Abstract
Phenyltriethoxysilane (PhTES) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) coatings [xPhTES·(100 − x)TEOS (mol%)] (x = 0 − 80) were prepared on polycarbonate (PC) substrate, and adhesion, surface hardness and distribution of phenyl groups were studied. The coatings with more than 60 mol% of PhTES showed good adhesion (≈ 100%), and the pencil hardness of PC substrate (4B) improved to 2B or B after the coatings. Bulk gels with the same compositions were also prepared, and distribution of phenyl groups were estimated using fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy (KBr method for bulk gels and attenuated total reflection (ATR) method for coatings). A significant difference for the distribution of phenyl groups was clearly observed between bulk gels and coatings, suggesting PC substrate affects the distribution of phenyl groups in coatings. The adhesion and FTIR results revealed that there is an interaction caused by π-electrons between benzene rings on PC substrate and phenyl groups of PhTES-TEOS coatings. It was found that the adhesion was strongly correlated with the phenylsilsesquioxane networks formed around PC substrate side.
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