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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2011 Nov 30;28(1):416–423. doi: 10.1021/la203638g

Table 1.

Ellipsometric thickness and contact angle (θAR) data for five aminosilane layers, prepared in anhydrous toluene at 70 °C for 24 h, before and after exposure to water for 24 h at 40 °C.

Purity (%) As prepared After hydrolysis
Thickness (Å) Contact angle (°) Thickness (Å) Contact angle (°)
G1 APTES 99.7 23 ± 4 32/16 8 ± 2 24/14
APTMS 98.5 25 ± 12 44/17 10 ± 4 26/13

G2 AEAPTES 97.4 282 ± 207 35/12 4 ± 1 30/14
AEAPTMS 98.3 24 ± 4 54/19 19 ± 6 46/14

G3 AHAMTES 99.7 21 ± 2 48/18 14 ± 4 49/18