A method for producing a composite material, wherein compound A having a group selected from an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic hydrocarbon group and heterocycle-containing group which comprises a functional group which can bond to a compound B allowed to bond to a substrate, then compound B having a functional group which can bond to said functional group in compound A is allowed to bond to compound A is disclosed. Embodiments in which compound A is represented by formula (1); R.sup.1 M.sup.1 Y.sup.1.sub.3, formula (2); R.sup.1 R.sup.2 M.sup.1 Y.sup.1.sub.2, formula (3); R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 M.sup.1 Y.sup.1 and formula (4); R.sup.1 --SH: embodiments in which compound A is a silane compound: the functional group of compound A is a halogen group or an epoxy group: and embodiments in which compound B is selected from aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds, aromatic hydrocarbon compounds and heterocycle-containing compounds having an amino group, carboxyl group or hydroxyl group, are preferred.
The composite material and methods of making the present invention rely upon a fully dense monolayer of molecules attached to an oxygenated surface at one end, and an organic terminal group at the other end, which is in turn bonded to a polymer. Thus, the composite material is a second material chemically bonded to a polymer with fully dense monolayer there between.
The invention features core-shell microsphere compositions, hollow polymeric microspheres, and methods for making the microspheres. The microspheres are characterized as having a polymeric shell with consistent shell thickness.
The present invention relates to an adhesive article which can be used as a layer in or a cover for various articles in which a hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface is desired. The adhesive article includes a base layer having a first surface and a second surface and a coating layer formed on the first surface of the base layer, where the coating layer contains at least one adhesive resin and at least one hydrophilic polymer; at least one adhesive resin (which can be a hydrophobic polymer) and at least one surfactant; or at least one adhesive resin, at least one hydrophilic polymer and at least one surfactant. Given the application, the coating layer can be formulated to provide either a hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface. The polymer portion of the coating provides the coating layer with sufficient hydrophilic properties to increase the rate fluid transport across (or in the area near) the coating layer.
