Project title: Silatranization - a new method for surface modification of silicate materials.

Principal investigator: Dr Myong Joon Oh

Obtained funds: 49 500 PLN

Project duration:

Start day: 2024-12-10

End day: 2025-12-10

Funding institution:

NCN – Polish National Science Centre

Short disctoption of the project:

The aim of this Miniatura project is to develop a facile protocol of silatranization, i.e. surface modification with siltrane coupling agents (SilCAs), dedicated to silicate minerals. Another mission is to verify higher surface quality in terms of density of accessible organic functional groups and surface regularity provided by SilCAs, in reference to conventional silane coupling agents (SCAs). Consequently, Siatrane-treated silicate fillers will potentially exhibit stronger chemical interaction with organic matrices, compared to silane-treated analogues.