A method for treating filler material comprising contacting the filler material with a silane, which, upon hydrolysis, produces substantially no significant amount of volatile organic compound and which has the general Formula: [Y[-G(-SiX u Z b v Z c w) s] r] n (Formula 1) wherein each occurrence of G is independently a polyvalent group derived from an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a chemical bond; each occurrence of X is independently methoxy, acetoxy, ethoxy or a monovalent alkoxy group derived from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, 1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol or 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol; each occurrence of Z b is independently [-O(R 10 CR 11) f O-] 0.5, wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; each occurrence of Z c is independently given by -O(R 10 CR 11) f O-wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; each occurrence of the subscript f is independently an integer from 1 to 15; each occurrence of n is an integer from 1 to 100, with the proviso that when n is greater than 1, v is an integer greater than 0 and all the valences for Z b have a silicon atom bonded to them; each occurrence of the subscript u is independently an integer from 0 to 3; each occurrence of the subscript v is independently an integer from 0 to 3; each occurrence of the subscript w is independently an integer from 0 to 1, with the proviso that u+v+2w=3; each occurrence of the subscript r is independently 1; and each occurrence of the subscript s is independently an integer from 1 to 6; and each occurrence of Y is independently methacryloxy, CH 2 =CH-, CHR=CH- or CR 2 =CH-, where R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl or butyl; and wherein the silane contains at least one occurrence of Z b or Z c. each occurrence of G is independently a polyvalent group derived from an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a chemical bond; each occurrence of X is independently methoxy, acetoxy, ethoxy or a monovalent alkoxy group derived from ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, 1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol or 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol; each occurrence of Z b is independently [-O(R 10 CR 11) f O-] 0.5, wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; each occurrence of Z c is independently given by -O(R 10 CR 11) f O-wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; each occurrence of the subscript f is independently an integer from 1 to 15; each occurrence of n is an integer from 1 to 100, with the proviso that when n is greater than 1, v is an integer greater than 0 and all the valences for Z b have a silicon atom bonded to them; each occurrence of the subscript u is independently an integer from 0 to 3; each occurrence of the subscript v is independently an integer from 0 to 3; each occurrence of the subscript w is independently an integer from 0 to 1, with the proviso that u+v+2w=3; each occurrence of the subscript r is independently 1; and each occurrence of the subscript s is independently an integer from 1 to 6; and each occurrence of Y is independently methacryloxy, CH 2 =CH-, CHR=CH- or CR 2 =CH-, where R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl or butyl; and wherein the silane contains at least one occurrence of Z b or Z c.