Patent ID: 8404078

Claim:
A method of adhering a first joining surface of a first member to a second joining surface of a second member, comprising: bringing a first film compound having a first functional group at an end of its molecule and a first surface bonding group at another end thereof into contact with the first joining surface to form a covalent bond between the first surface bonding group and a surface functional group of the first joining surface so as to form a coating film of the first film compound on the first joining surface; bringing a second film compound having a second functional group at an end of its molecule and a second surface bonding group at another end thereof into contact with the second joining surface to form a covalent bond between the second surface bonding group and a surface functional group of the second joining surface so as to form a coating film of the second film compound on the second joining surface; and bringing the first joining surface having the coating film of the first film compound thereon into contact by pressure with the second joining surface having the coating film of the second film compound thereon, while setting a coupling agent having at least one first coupling functional group that forms a covalent bond by a coupling reaction with the first functional group and at least one second coupling reactive group that forms a covalent bond by a coupling reaction with the second functional group to be in contact with the first functional group and the second functional group to form covalent bonds by coupling reactions: between the first functional group and the first coupling reactive group: and between the second functional group and the second coupling reactive group; wherein each of the first functional group and the second functional group is a functional group having an epoxy group, and the coupling agent is a compound having an imidazole group.