Metathesis-active adhesion agents and methods for enhancing polymer adhesion to surfaces

1. An adhesion agent composition for coating a substrate surface, said composition comprising:

at least one C 3 -C 200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted with a first moiety selected from the group consisting of thiol, thioether, ketone, aldehyde, ester, ether, amine, amide, nitro, carboxylic acid, disulfide, carbonate, isocyanate, phosphate, phosphite, sulfate, sulfite, sulfonyl, carbodiimide, carboalkoxy, carbamate, halogen, and pseudohalogen;

at least one compatibilizing functionality for interacting with the substrate surface; and

a ruthenium or osmium carbene metathesis catalyst.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the substrate surface is selected from the group consisting of silicate glasses, silicate minerals, metals, metal alloys, ceramics, natural stones, plastics, carbon, silicon, and semiconductors.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the substrate surface is native or functionalized.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the olefin is selected from the group consisting of substituted norbornenes, substituted cyclopropenes, substituted cyclobutenes, substituted benzocyclobutenes, substituted cyclopentenes, substituted cyclopentadiene oligomers, substituted cyclohexenes, substituted cycloheptenes, substituted cyclooctenes, substituted cyclooctadienes, substituted norbornadienes, substituted [2.2.1]bicycloheptenes, substituted [2.2.2]bicyclooctene, substituted cyclohexenylnorbornenes, and substituted norbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides.

5. The composition of claim 4 wherein the olefin is substituted dicyclopentadiene.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the olefin is cyclic or multicyclic.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein the olefin is substituted with a second moiety selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 20 alkyl, aryl, acyl, C 1 -C 20 alkoxide, aryloxide, C 3 -C 20 alkyldiketonate, aryldiketonate, C 1 -C 20 carboxylate, arylsulfonate, C 1 -C 20 alkylsulfonate, C 1 -C 20 alkylthio, arylthio, C 1 -C 20 alkylsulfonyl, and C 1 -C 20 alkylsulfinyl, wherein the moiety is substituted or unsubstituted.

8. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least one carbon in the olefin is replaced by a group selected from the group consisting of silicon, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, antimony, and boron.

9. The composition of claim 1 wherein the compatibilizing functionality is prepared from a group selected from the group consisting of metal halides, silyl halides, C 1 -C 20 alkyls, ethers, esters, organic and mineral acids and their halides, aldehydes, boranes, alanes, alkoxides, amines, amides, phosphines, phosphides, carboxylates, thioethers, alcohols, sulfonates, sulfonyls, ammonium, phosphonium, alkyl phosphine oxides, and aryl phosphine oxides.

10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the compatibilizing functionality and the olefin are the same compound.

11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the compatibilizing functionality is a silane prepared by contacting silicon halide or silyl ether with one or more nucleophilic reagents selected from the group consisting of water, alcohol, amine, amide, phosphine, phosphide, carbanion, and alkoxide.

12. The composition of claim 1 wherein the olefin is a norbornene and the compatibilizing functionality is —SiCl x (ER y ) 3-x , wherein x is in a range of 0 to 3, E is selected from the group consisting of carbon, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, antimony, and oxygen, and y is in The range of 1-3; and R is C 1 -C 20 alkyl or aryl, wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted.

13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the substrate surface is selected from the group consisting of fibrous surfaces, woven surfaces, microparticulate surfaces, glass surfaces, ceramic surfaces, metal surfaces, carbon surfaces, polymer surfaces, and semiconductor surfaces.

14. An adhesion agent composition for coating a substrate surface, said composition comprising:

at least one C 3 -C 200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is 5-norbornene-2-methoxy; and

at least one compatibilizing functionality for interacting with the substrate surface, wherein the compatibilizing functionality is —SiCl X (ER) 3-x , wherein x is 0 or 3, E is oxygen, and R is methyl or ethyl , and a ruthenium or osmium carbene metathesis catalyst.

15. An adhesion agent composition for coating a substrate surface, said composition comprising:

at least one C 3 C 200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted or unsubstituted; and

at least one compatibilizing functionality for interacting with the substrate surface, wherein the compatibilizing functionality is a silsesquioxane, and a ruthenium or osmium carbene metathesis catalyst.