EFFECT OF SILANE TREATMENT ON THE PORE STRUCTURE OF POROUS GLASSES

Different kinds of controlled pore glasses (CPG) were modified with ga mma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) in toluene or water solution. The ir porous characteristics were changed as a result of this silane trea tment in different ways, depending on the initial pore structure of th e glasses. The results obtained clearly showed that APS deposition fro m toluene led to the formation of an aminopropylsiloxane multilayer on the surface of the CPG, whereas when deposited from its water solutio n a monolayer coverage was obtained.