Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Chemically Modified Surfaces

Siloxane-Anchored Monolayers as Templates for Oxide Film Deposition; Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Organized Microstructures with Chemically Active Surfaces and Evaluation of Their Technical Utility; Thiol-Modified Phthalocyanines and Their Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Surfaces; Modification of Particle Surfaces by Grafting of Functional Polymers; Grafting Processes Studied with a Nanotip: Silane Molecules and Polymers Grafted on Silica and Silanized Silica Surfaces; Multilayer Dendrimer-Poly(anhydride) Nanocomposite Films; Conductivity Enhancement of Polymer Composites Through Admicellar Polymerization of Pyrrole on Particulate Surfaces; Filler Surface Characterization and its Relation to Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites; Grafting of Crystalline Polymers onto Carbon Black Surface and its Application for Gas Sensors; Surface Modifications to Support Materials for HPLC, HPCE and Electrochromatography; Synthesis, Characterization and Application of New Bonded Phases for HPLC; Microscale Synthesis and Screening of Combinatorial Libraries of New Chromatographic Stationary Phases; The Alkylation of Drugs at Ion Exchange Sites on the Surface of Solid Phase Extraction Columns; Connection Between Surface Modification of Fumed Silica, its Particle Size Distribution, and Electrophoretic Mobility in Aqueous Suspensions; Highly Efficient Acid-Gas-Removing Shaped Fiber Filters; Maximising the Extent of Hexamethyldisilazane Reaction with Silica: An Experimental Design Study; Surface Modification of Highly Disperse Titania and Titania/Silica, and Efficiency of Their Applications; Surface Modification of Micron-Size Powders by a Plasma Polymerization Process; Effect of Water Plasma on Silica Surfaces: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications; Surface Modification of Extended Wear Contact Lenses by Plasma Induced Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers; Surface Organometallic Chemistry on Metals. Chemical Modification of Platinum Catalyst Surface by Reaction with Tetrabutyltin; Application to the Selective Dehydrogenation of Isobutane to Isobutene; Catalytic NOx Reduction with Hydrocarbon over Alumina-Supported Catalysts; Novelties of Heteropolyacids Supported on Clays: Role of Water in Rate Enhancement in the Etherification and Dehydration Reactions of t-Butanol; Theoretical Studies of the Surfaces of Modified and Unmodified Fumed Silica and X/SiO2 (X = Al2O3, TiO2, GeO2); Compositional Mapping of Chemically Modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes with Tapping-Mode Scanning Force Microscopy; Permeability of Layered Polyelectrolyte Films as a Function of pH; Stabilization of Alumina Slurries in the Presence of Oxidizers for Chemical Mechanical Polishing; Assessment of a Thermally Regenerative Battery Concept Utilizing Intercalation Phenomena in Graphite; Surface Modification of Polystyrene Using Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation; Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties of [(CN)5Ru(CN)Ru(NH3)5]- Anchored on Thin Film of Ti(IV) Oxide Dispersed on the Silica Gel Surface; Photophysical Study of Donor-Acceptor Substituted Stilbenes Adsorbed on Silica-Titania Surfaces; Synthesis and Ligand Metathetical Reactions of Surface-Bound Organometallic Interfaces; Silica with Covalently Bonded Bis(di-n-butyl)Phosphorthiotriamide: Synthesis and Properties; Combinatorial Synthesis of Silica-Supported Metal Binding Agents and Sensors; A New Class of Silica-Bonded Ion Exchangers; Silane Modifications to Control Surface Interaction Forces as Monitored by a New Technique - Evanescent Wave Light Scattering; Chemical Modification of Solid Surfaces for Studies of Filtration Systems; Stability Study of Metal Oxide Coated Sand; New Use of Cyanosilane Coupling Agent for Direct Binding of Antibodies to Silica Supports. Physico-Chemical Characterization of Molecularly Bio-Engineered Layers; Subject Index.