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Role of Hydrogen-Bonding and OH-? Interactions in the Adhesion of Epoxy Resin on Hydrophilic Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Epoxy resin adhesives are widely used for joining metal alloys in various industrial fields. To elucidate the adhesion mechanism microscopically, we investigated the interfacial interactions of epoxy resin with hydroxylated silica (0 0 1) and ?-alumina (0 0 1) surfaces using periodic density functional theory calculations as well as density of states (DOS) and crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) analyses. To better understand the interfacial interactions, we employed and analyzed water and benzene molecules as hydrophilic and hydrophobic adsorbates, respectively. Structural features and calculated adhesion energies reveal that these small adsorbates have a higher affinity for the ?-alumina surface than that for the silica surface, while a fragmentary model for the epoxy resin exhibits a strong interaction with the silica surface. This discrepancy suggests that the structural features of the hydroxylated silica surface dictate its affinity to a specific species. Partial DOS and COHP curves provide evidence for the presence of OH-? interactions between the OH groups on the surfaces and the benzene rings of the epoxy resin fragments. The orbital interaction energies of the H-bonding and OH-? interactions evaluated from the integrated COHP indicate that the OH-? interaction is a nonnegligible origin of the adhesion interaction, even when polymers with hydrophobic benzene rings are adsorbed on hydroxylated surfaces.

SUBMITTER: Nakamura S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557942 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of Hydrogen-Bonding and OH-π Interactions in the Adhesion of Epoxy Resin on Hydrophilic Surfaces.

Nakamura Shin S Tsuji Yuta Y Yoshizawa Kazunari K

ACS omega 20201001 40

Epoxy resin adhesives are widely used for joining metal alloys in various industrial fields. To elucidate the adhesion mechanism microscopically, we investigated the interfacial interactions of epoxy resin with hydroxylated silica (0 0 1) and γ-alumina (0 0 1) surfaces using periodic density functional theory calculations as well as density of states (DOS) and crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) analyses. To better understand the interfacial interactions, we employed and analyzed water an ...[more]

PMID: 33073147

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Role of Hydrogen-Bonding and OH-? Interactions in the Adhesion of Epoxy Resin on Hydrophilic Surfaces.

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Role of Hydrogen-Bonding and OH-π Interactions in the Adhesion of Epoxy Resin on Hydrophilic Surfaces.

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