Patent ID: 8541631

Claim:
A surface treatment method for the formation of a monolayer for a solid material having hydroxyl group on its surface, comprising chemically bonding a stabilized monofunctional silanol represented by the following formula (1) onto the surface of the solid material without using any catalyst: R 1 R 2 R 3 SiOH (1) wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 may be the same or different and each represent a substituent group independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent heterocyclic group having from 1 to 100 carbon atoms, with a proviso that the total number of carbons of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is at least ten and the monofunctional silanol represented by the formula (1) has a dehydrative self-condensation rate lower than triethylsilanol, to form an organosilicon monolayer.