Highly Efficient Rubber-to-Stainless Steel Bonding by Nanometer-Thin Cross-linked Polymer Brushes.

Stainless steel (SS) surfaces were grafted with poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) brushes that were post-modified using allylamine, diallylamine, and propylamine as reagents. Likewise, poly[2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] brushes were synthesized. All samples were compression molded with uncured ethylene-propylene-diene M-class rubber and dicumyl peroxide and vulcanized for 12 min at 170 °C.