A halo-containing aralkylsilane of the generalized structural Formula: X 1 X 2 X 3 Si-C(R 1) 2-a (Z 1 a)-G-(CR 3-c -Z 2 c) b wherein: X 1 is a hydrolyzable moiety selected from the group consisting of Cl-, Br-, I-, R 2 O-, R 2 (=O)O-, R 2 2 C=NO-, and R 2 2 NO-, wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight, cyclic or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 2, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; each X 2 and X 3 is independently selected from X 1 and R 3 groups wherein each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 3, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl wherein R 1, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine; each Z 1 and Z 2 is independently a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of F-, Cl-, Br- and I-; G is a monovalent or polyvalent aromatic hydrocarbon group of Formula: (-) 1+b C 6 R 4 5-b wherein the six carbon atoms are part of an aromatic ring structure and each occurrence of R 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 4, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; each occurrence of R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl wherein each R, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and, a, b and c are integers whereby a is 1; b is from 0 to 5; and c is from 1 to 3. X 1 is a hydrolyzable moiety selected from the group consisting of Cl-, Br-, I-, R 2 O-, R 2 (=O)O-, R 2 2 C=NO-, and R 2 2 NO-, wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight, cyclic or branched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 2, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; each X 2 and X 3 is independently selected from X 1 and R 3 groups wherein each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 3, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl wherein R 1, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine; each Z 1 and Z 2 is independently a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of F-, Cl-, Br- and I-; G is a monovalent or polyvalent aromatic hydrocarbon group of Formula: (-) 1+b C 6 R 4 5-b wherein the six carbon atoms are part of an aromatic ring structure and each occurrence of R 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 4, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; each occurrence of R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl wherein each R, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and, a, b and c are integers whereby a is 1; b is from 0 to 5; and c is from 1 to 3. wherein the six carbon atoms are part of an aromatic ring structure and each occurrence of R 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl groups wherein each R 4, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; each occurrence of R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and aralkyl wherein each R, other than hydrogen, contains from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and, a, b and c are integers whereby a is 1; b is from 0 to 5; and c is from 1 to 3.