Patent ID: 8680215

Claim:
A method for modifying the surface or interfacial properties of a material comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carbon chain polymer material selected from the group consisting of polyacrylates, polyepoxides, polyolefins, polyethers, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, polyurethanes, polyimides, polyphenols, cyanate ester polymers, polyurea, resoles, polyanilines, fluoropolymers, polystyrenes, polynitriles, aromatic oxide polymers, aromatic sulfide polymers; and (b) providing a particulate material selected from the group consisting of metals, metal alloys, metal oxides, ceramics, ceramic alloys, microtubes, and nanotubes; and (c) reactively incorporating a nanostructured chemical selected from the group consisting of POSS, POS, and POMS with the polymer and particulate, wherein the nanostructured chemical reactively bonds with the polymer or the particulate to form a reaction product; wherein the surface roughness of the reaction product is at least twenty-five percent greater or smaller than the surface roughness of the material selected from (a).