title: Study of two grafting methods for obtaining a 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane monolayer on silica surface.
abstract: In order to establish a 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) grafting procedure with limited number of APTESs noncovalently linked to the silica surface, two different methods of grafting (in acid-aqueous solution and in anhydrous solution) were compared. The grafted surface state was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The stability of the grafting was checked at different temperatures by AFM. Continuous and plane APTES grafted surfaces were successfully prepared using both grafting preparations. The grafting in an anhydrous solution behaves homogeneously and stably compared to the grafting in an acid-aqueous solution. Moreover, with anhydrous solution, results showed that a unique monolayer of APTES was grafted.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Physique Moléculaire et Hertzienne Université Bordeaux I, 351, cours de la Libération, Talence Cedex, 33405, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cohen-Bouhacina
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Porté
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Aimé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baquey
mesh_terms: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C477625:amino-propyl-triethoxysilane