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Analysis of the
3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS)
hydrolysis by infrared spectroscopy

Cézar Augusto Casagrande 1,2, Lidiane Fernanda Jochem 3,

Wellington Longuini Repette 1

1
NanotecLab - Department of Civil Engineering (ECV), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Street João Pio
Duarte s/n, CEP: 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
2
Federal University of Pernambuco, Technologic Nuclei of Campus Agreste (NT-CAA), Av. Campina Grande, s/n - Km 59,
Nova Caruaru, CEP: 55014-900, Caruaru, PE, Brasil.
3
Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Civil Construction Academic Department (DACOC), Campus
Ecoville, Street Deputado Heitor Alencar Furtado, 5000, CEP: 81280-340, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
e-mail: cezar.acasa@gmail.com, lidijochem@gmail.com, wellington.repette@gmail.com;

ABSTRACT
The study of silanes and polymers with special functions is increasing and the development of materials from silane-based
polymers follows this trend. In this way, the hydrolysis of 3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) was studied as a
function of the hydrolysis time in solutions with 50% of alcoholic solvents by infrared spectroscopy. It was verified that it
was possible to analyze qualitatively and quantitatively the chemical reactions involving the hydrolysis / condensation of
GPTMS and the main kinetics variations during the process. The results suggest that up to 30 minutes of hydrolysis, the
predominant reactions are hydrolysis of the alkoxy groups, with the generation of the Si-OH groups and alcohol, in this
case methanol. From 30 minutes, there is a large amount of silanols in the solution that tend to condense and form siloxane
groups, which has this reaction accelerated from 60 minutes. Already, from 70-80 minutes, the reactions tend to decrease
the kinetics, due to the absence of silanols and the hydrolysis / condensation process.
Keywords: GPTMS, hydrolysis, infrared spectroscopy, silane

1. INTRODUCTION
The utilization of metallic precursors for sol-gel systems production have been explored with more attention since the 50’s
with the main objective of the formation of three-dimensional inorganic networks [1, 2]. Predominantly, the most common-
ly used material for carrying out the sol-gel process are the alkoxysilanes. Metallic alkoxides are chemical compounds with
general formula Me(OR)n where “Me” is the metal and “R” is an alkyl group (methane, ethane, butane, etc., CH3, C2H5,
C4H7, etc, respectively) subject to hydrolysis and polycondensation process in the presence of some catalyst and water [3].
In this perspective, the sol-gel process with metal alkoxides becomes possible to synthesize a multitude of materials, as
high technology engineering materials such as thin films, dispersed particles, aerogels, protective agents and additives for
ceramic materials, metallic or polymeric [4 - 10].
Alkoxysilanes are chemical compounds with molecules based on the silicon atom as the main element and that, in
the majority of molecules, present two types of chemical interaction, present in it extremities, being one inorganic and
the other organic. They are generally referred by the hydrolysable group, the alkoxy type, and an organofunctional group
(amine (-NH2), vinyl (-C=C), etc.). Also, the alkoxy group may occupy the position of the organofunctional group, such
as tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and tetramethoxysilane (TMOS). Among this types of silanes, TEOS is the most used [2, 11].
Basically, when the silane comes in contact with water, the alkoxy groups start to hydrolyze, resulting in silanol (Si-OH)
groups and by-products of the hydrolysis which are usually alcohols, commonly of the same composition as the solvent
used for the dispersion of the silane, as suggested in Equation 1. These silane groups have potential and are responsible for
polycondensation, gel formation and, subsequently, formation of the inorganic three-dimensional network, as suggested in
Equation 2.

Autor Responsável: Cézar Augusto Casagrande Data de envio: 14/08/2019 Data de aceite: 12/09/2019

10.1590/S1517-707620200003.1111
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Si(OR)n + H2O → SiOH(OR)n-1 + ROH (1)

Si(OH)4 + Si(OH)4 ↔ Si2O(OH)6 + H2O (2)

Although the silane hydrolysis technique is currently employed in several technological systems, the hydrolysis of
silanes is, in general, sensitive to various procedure conditions. Also, several variables may interfere with the kinetics of
hydrolysis/condensation of silanes. Among them, it can be mentioned the silane type, the pH of the solution, the reaction
temperature, agitation energy and the silane concentration in the solution, which is usually less than 10% by volume, the
amount of hydrolysable grains, among others. Moreover, the amount of solvent used is a determining factor in the reaction
kinetics of the silanes. In most studies, the consumption of organic solvent (usually alcohols) is in the order of 80-98% of
the volume of the solution, which causes direct impact on the environment due to volatile organic compounds (VOC’s). In
this sense, research using hydrolysis processes of silanes with low VOC content shows that with consumption in the 50%
range of organic solvents it is possible to carry out the hydrolysis in an appropriate way [12, 13]. Hence, this work aims
to investigate and monitor, through infrared spectroscopy, the reaction kinetics of the hydrolysis/condensation of GPTMS,
catalyzed in acidic medium, as a function of the time of dilution of the silane in solvent-based on methanol.

2. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM

2.1 Materials
3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) was used as reactant and it properties are shown in Table 1. As pH regulator,
acetic acid (CH3COOH) with concentration greater than 99%, produced by Aldrich (USA), was used. As the alcohol sol-
vent, methanol (CH3OH) with concentration greater than 96%, produced by Aldrich (USA), was used.

Table 1: GPTMS characteristics

Name 3-Glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane
Initials GPTMS
Producer Gelest (USA)
Purity > 96%
Hydrolysable group Methoxy
Functional group Epoxy
Chemistry formula C9H20O5Si
Molar mass (g/mol) 236.34

Structural formula

2.2 Hydrolysis/condensation monitoring

For the characterization of infrared spectra, a Jasco FT/IR-4200 spectrometer was used, with an attenuated total reflectance
accessory - ATR PRO450-S/470-H (ATR), the accessory have a zinc selenide crystal (ZnSe) (Figure 1 (a)). For each ana-
lyzed infrared spectra, 42 scans were performed in the wavenumber range of 4000 to 550 cm-1 and resolution of 0.5 cm-1.
For the analysis of the solutions, some drops of the samples were deposited in the sample holder up to cover the entire
crystal of the ATR (Figure 1 (b)). All spectra were evaluated with Spectral analysis software, from Jasco.
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(a) (b)

Figure 1: Equipment for the infrared spectroscopy analysis. (a) Sample compartment in the ATR accessory; (b) Deposition
of the liquid sample covering the crystal of the ATR.

For the dilution of the GPTMS, an alcoholic solution formed by methanol and distilled water in the ratio of 1: 1
(by volume), acidified with acetic acid until pH stabilization of 5 ± 0.2 was used (called as “methanoic solvent”). For the
analysis of the GPTMS hydrolysis, the characterization of the chemical reagents and the acidified methanoic solvent by
infrared spectroscopy was carried out.
Similar to an earlier study [12], in order to monitor the hydrolysis of GPTMS in the concentration solution on the
order of 1% (as most searches) with the equipment at the disposal, a comparative analysis of the infrared spectra of the
concentrated GPTMS and the dilutions of 1% and 10% (by volume) were performed, according to the scheme in the Figure
2. The extraction of aliquots for the analysis in the diluted samples were performed 25 seconds after the GPTMS dilution.

Figure 2: Method of extraction and analysis of the samples by infrared spectroscopy. (a) Analysis of the concentration of
GPTMS on the influence of infrared spectra detection;

After determining the appropriate concentration for hydrolysis monitoring (see section 3.1), the hydrolysis monitoring
analysis was performed as a function of the GPTMS dilution time. The method consisted in formulating a solution with
90% (vol.) of acidified alcoholic solution and 10% (vol.) of GPTMS. The mixture was kept under constant stirring at room
temperature (25 ±2 °C). From the GPTMS dilution, aliquot extractions of approximately 0.5 ml of the mixture were per-
formed every 10 minutes, for a total period of 120 minutes. From the extraction of the samples until the determination of the
infrared spectra in the equipment, it took approximately 40 seconds. The procedures described are illustrated in Figure 3.
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Figure 3: Monitoring analysis of GPTMS hydrolysis as a function of time.

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The results section will be presented in two stages. In the first, the sensitivity of equipment and the characterization of the
reagents as also the products and definition of the parameters used for the second stage. In the second stage, the results of
GPTMS monitoring study are presented.

3.1 Sensitivity of equipment and test parameters

In Figure 4 is presented the infrared spectra of reagents used in the GPTMS hydrolysis study, and in Table 2 the typical
chemical bonds identified are listed respectively to the wavenumber of the infrared spectra.

140

120
Transmittannce (a.u.)

100

80

60
GPTMS
40 Methanol
Acetic acid
20 Water
water

0
4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500
Figure 4: Infrared spectra of the precursors used in this work.
Wavenumber (cm-1)
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Table 2: Typical bands of chemical bonds of the reactants [13]

Wavenumber (cm-1) Water Methanol GPTMS Acetic acid

≌3700 v
Si-O(H)
3400-3200 O-H
v v
O-H
2978-2970 vs
C-H vs
C-H vs
C-H
2950-2900 vas
C-H3 vas
C-H3 vas
C-H3 / O-H
1725-1700 v
C=O
≌1640 δ
O-H
1430-1380 δ
O-H δas
C-H/C-O δ
O-H
≌1284 vs
epoxy δ
asC-O
≌1160 vas
Si-O-C, vasSi-O-Si
≌1114 v
C-O
1080-1070 vas
Si-O
≌1045 v
C-O
960-900 δ
Si-O(H) vs
C-H
≌879 vas
epoxy
C-O-C,
802-780 vas
C-H
vs
epoxy v

≌617 δ
O-H vs
C-O v
C-H
580-550 v
O-H
v: stretching vibration; vs: symmetrical stretching vibration; vas: antisymmetric vibration; δ: bending vibration; δas: anti-
symmetric bending vibration.

The transmittance bands in the water infrared spectra are broad, covering majority interest part of infrared spectra
in the wavelength range from 4000-3000 cm-1, 1800-1500 cm-1 and 1000-500 cm-1 [13]. This makes the analysis difficult
because of the large presence of water in the hydrolysis solution (in the order of 50% by volume). Intensive peaks were
detected in the region of ≌ 3350 cm-1 for stretching vibration, ≌1640 cm-1 for stretching vibration and a wide peak which
progressively increases from 1000 cm-1 to 550 cm-1 for vibrations of elongation and deformation outside the plane, all
referring to the OH bond.
In the methanol, absorption bands were observed in the region of the ≌3400 cm-1 infrared spectra related to the hydroxyl
stretching vibration of the molecule, in the ≌2900 cm-1 region related to the symmetrical and antisymmetric stretching vibration
of the CH groups in the ≌1430 region cm-1 for the hydroxyl bending vibration, in the region of ≌1100 cm-1 at ≌1000 cm-1 for the
bending vibration of the CO groups and in the ≌600 cm-1 region for the stretching vibration of the CO group.
In acetic acid, several regions of important bands, such as that of the acetate group in the 2950-2900 cm-1 region and
1430-1380 cm-1 for the O-H bond were observed. In the region of ≌1725-1700 cm-1 the band was verified referring to the
double bond of the group C=O and in the region of 1114 cm-1 referring to the C-O bond for single bond of carboxyl group.
Although several bands of the various characteristics of acetic acid have been detected, one factor that must be taken into
account is the impact of the acetic acid in the mixture, since its presence is reduced to a few drops in the pH adjustment from
7 to 5. That is, although present, acetic acid did not affect the infrared spectra of the solution used as the solvent.
In the case of silane, the bands were identified in several parts of the infrared spectra. In the ≌3700 cm-1 region, there
is an intense band indicating the O-H bond, attributed to silanol group, followed by the C-H bonds in the 2970-2900 cm-1
region attributed to alkyl group. In the “fingerprint” region, there are regions in the overlapping infrared spectra, such as
in the ≌1160 cm-1 region, indicating the connection of siloxanes (Si-O-Si) and alkoxy (Si-O-C). There is also overlapped
bands in the region of 960-900 cm-1, where the band referring to the C-O bond of methanol (≅1045 cm-1) and water (ranging
from 1000 to 550 cm-1) may overlap the reference bond to the silanol (Si-OH) of the silane. There is also the possibility of
overlapping by the “methanoic” solvent of the bands in the 1045 cm-1 region, referring to the ≡Si-O-H bond and, also, the
bands 802-780 cm-1 referring to the C-O-C bond of the epoxy functional group.
Since the spectra of the concentrated reactants were determined, the spectra of the acidified methanol solutions were
analyzed with the silanes in their pure state to verify if it was possible to identify the bands of greatest interest concerning
hydrolysis/condensation, which are in the lengths region of ≌3700, 1200, 1160, 1045, 960-900 and 880 cm-1, according to
presented in Figure 5.
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Figure 5: Comparative analysis of the infrared spectra of the methanoic solvent and the concentrated GPTMS infrared
spectra.

The GPTMS bands in the ≌3700, 1200, 1160, 1045, 960-900 and 800 cm-1 regions were not overlapped by the
characteristic bands of the methanoic solution. It was found that there could be identification of hydrolysis/condensation
characteristic bands when GPTMS is compared to the methanoic solvent. In the pure silane, the characteristic Si-OH band
in the ≌3700 cm-1 region was intense, presenting great potential for monitoring. In the region of ≌1270 cm-1, the epoxy
ring can be monitored and in the region of 1190-1010 cm-1 the condensation reactions of the silane can be monitored by
configuring the Si-O-Si bond.
It was found that several bands of the silane overlapped by the reagents of the methanol solution and the silane itself.
As an example, the Si-OH bond at the wavelength of 900-960 cm-1 is superimposed by absorption of the bonding corre-
sponding to the epoxy ring in the region of 950-900 cm-1; and in the region of ≌3700 cm-1 and 840-780 cm-1 relative to
Si-OH in the silane GPTMS, there was an overlapping of hydroxyl bands of water and methanol. Despite the possibility of
identification of hydrolysis/condensation characteristic bands, because the solutions were composed of significant amounts
of solvent (greater than 90%), 1 and 10% GPTMS was diluted in the acidified methanol solution in order to verify whether
it would be possible to identify the bands of interest.
In Figure 6 the infrared spectra for the concentrated GTPMS and the infrared spectra of the 1% and 10% GPTMS
solutions are presented. Spectra are shown in the wavelength range of 4000-550 cm-1 and there is also an amplification at
1400-700 cm-1.
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Figure 6: Comparative analysis of the concentrated GPTMS infrared spectra and spectra of solutions with 1 and 10%
concentration of GPTMS.

It has been found that the methanol solvent has a large impact on the infrared spectra of the solution with GPTMS.
That is, when silane was added a discrete change over the solvent infrared spectra was observed, especially for the less
concentrated solution (1% silane). Nevertheless, it was possible to verify the band around the 910 cm-1, characteristic of
silanol (Si-OH) bonds. However, only when 10% of GPTMS was used. In this region there was also overlapping of the
characteristic bond of the epoxy group. Thus, the region of the ≌1270 cm-1 was monitored to confirm if there was change
in its intensity (referring to the epoxy) and, thus, to relate its intensity variation with the ≌910 cm-1 region.
Although not showing great variation in its intensity, the 3700 cm-1 region, characteristic of Si-OH bonding, was also
monitored to be related to the 910 cm-1 region. For practical purposes, as there are bands overlapping, if there is similar
variation between these bands, it can be evidenced that the intensity variation in the 910 cm-1 region is related to hydrolysis/
condensation.
At 1100-1000 cm-1, in the 10% GPTMS solution, higher intensity was observed. This region represents the silox-
ane bonds and the alkoxy groups. To verify the transmittance variability in this region, bands 1100 and 1020 cm-1 were
monitored to identify siloxane formation in the solution. The higher silane concentration in the methanol solvent had the
greater possibility of identifying the bands of interest for the hydrolysis/condensation. Therefore, it was decided to use the
concentration of 10% GPTMS diluted in the methanol solvent for the monitoring of hydrolysis/condensation of GPTMS.

3.2. GPTMS hydrolysis analysis

In Figure 7 shows the infrared spectra obtained from the dilution of 10% (vol.) of GPTMS in the methanol solution, using
intervals of 10 minute between analyzes, at 4000-550 cm-1. The identification of the hydrolysis time (above the infrared
spectra) referred to the extraction of the sample from the moment of dilution of the silane. Details of the bands of interest
(with 20 minute intervals) are presented in Figure 8 (a), (b), (c) and (d) for the Si-OH, epoxy, Si-O-Si / Si-OC and Si-OH/
epoxy groups, ≌3700, 1270, 1100, 1020 and 920 cm -1, respectively.
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Figure 7: Infrared spectra in the range 4000-550 cm-1; blue bars indicating the wavelengths of ≌3700, 1270, 1100, 1020
and 920 cm-1. Blue lines are guide for the eyes.

101 89

100
88.8
99
Transmittance (%)

Transmittance (%)

88.6
98
%T
%T

97 0 min 88.4 0 min

20 min 20 min
40 min 40 min
96 60 min 60 min
80 min 88.2 80 min
95
100 min 100 min
120 min 120 min

94 88
3800 3780 3760 3740 3720 3700 3680 3660 3650 1320 1300 1280 1260 1240 1220
Wavenumber [cm-1] -1)
Wavenumber (cm Wavenumber [cm-1]-1)
Wavenumber (cm

(a) (b)
82 90
0 min
20 min 85
80 40 min
60 min
80 min 80
78
100 min
Transmittance (%)
Transmittance (%)

120 min 75
76
%T

70
%T

74 0 min
65 20 min
40 min
72 60 min
60 80 min
70 100 min
55 120 min

68 50
67 1150 1120 1100 1080 1060 1040 1020 1000 980
940 920 900 880 860 845 Wavenumber [cm-1]
Wavenumber (cm -1 )
Wavenumber [cm-1]-1
Wavenumber (cm )

(c) (d)
Figure 8: Bands of the infrared spectra of GPTMS hydrolysis. (a) Si-OH at ≌3700 cm-1; (b) Epoxy group at ≌1270 cm-1;
Si-O-Si/Si-O-C at ≌1100 cm-1 and (d) Si-OH/epoxy at ≌1020 and ≌920 cm-1.

In Figure 9 are presented, the variation of the transmittance intensity of the selected bands as a function of time, with
10 minute intervals between each GPTMS analysis.
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1,02
1.02
Epoxy ring openning
1,01
1.01

Transmittance relative to initial

1.00
1,00

0.99
0,99

0,98
0.98
0,97
0.97
0,96
0.96
0.95
0,95 Si-O-Si
formation
0,94
0.94 Si-O-Si formation
Alcoxy hydrolysis
0.93
0,93
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Figure 9: Variation of the transmittance of the bands ofTime (min.)
interest in the monitoring of GPTMS hydrolysis
3700 1270 1100 1020 920

In GPTMS, the reaction kinetics are different from that of the alkoxysilanes with four alkoxy groups, as there are
only three hydrolysable alkoxy groups, and a faster hydrolysis is expected in relation to the silanes with four hydrolysable
groups [14]. In an objective way, the interval of time in which the GPTMS presented greater intensity in the band referring
to the silanols groups in the solution was around the 60 minutes.
For the analysis of the GPTMS hydrolysis the band of ≌3700 cm-1 was related to the band of ≌900 cm-1, both re-
ferring to the silanol bond. In parallel, this same band of 900 cm-1 can be related to the band in the region of ≌1270 cm-1,
referring to the epoxy group.
The bands in the ≌3700 cm-1 and ≌900 cm-1 regions showed similar behavior in the analyzed period. There was a
progressive decrease in the transmittance in the time interval from 20 to 40 minutes until it lowest value in 60 minutes,
identifying the highest hydrolysis rate in the period around 30 minutes, which may be due to the progressive hydrolysis
of the alkoxy groups. In the case, as it was verified that the transmittance of the characteristic bands of the formation of
silanols varied as a function of time, this phenomenon occurred in one alkoxy group at a time, as suggested in the Equation
3 to Equation 5. This conclusion is also suggested by Torry et al. [15]

(CH3)3O3SiO2C6H11 + H2O → (OH) (CH3)2O2SiO2C6H11 + CH3OH

(3)

(OH)(CH3)2O2SiO2C6H11 + H2O → (OH)2CH3OSiO2C6H11 + CH3OH (4)

(OH)2CH3OSiO2C6H11 + H2O → (OH)3SiO2C6H11 + CH3OH (5)

From 60 minutes, there was a progressive increase in the transmittance value in both regions of the infrared spectra
due to the condensation of the silanols and siloxane formation (Si-O-Si), indicating that the period in which there is more
Si-OH presence is around 50 to 60 minutes.
In relation to the epoxy ring, in the region of ≌1270 cm-1, it was verified that there was a progressive increase of it
transmittance throughout the analyzed period, being able to characterize the ionization by hydrogen or hydroxyl groups on
the compound for the formation of groups C-O-H [16], as suggested in the Equation 6.

(6)

This indicates that it was possible that the epoxy ring presents instabilities in the hydrolysis process of the silane,
being able to be hydrolyzed in acidic solutions and to have the ability to react with the surface of substrates and or ions of
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the solution, or even between the groups of hydrolyzed silanes (the main phenomenon of formation of a sol-gel system) [16
- 18]. This also opens up possibilities for polycondensation with the neighboring hydrolyzed molecules by the organic end
of the molecule. Thus, it can be stated that the band variation in the ≌900 cm-1 region is related to the formation of Si-OH
groups, since in the same period the region of ≌1270 cm-1 indicates the decrease of the epoxy groups.
The formation of siloxane (Si-O-Si) was monitored by bands at ≌1100 cm-1 and 1020 cm-1. In the ≌1100 cm-1 band it
was observed that there was a progressive reduction of the transmittance, which can be attributed to the condensation of the
Si-Oh bonds generated in the hydrolysis process of the GPTMS alkoxy groups. For this region of the infrared spectra, the
longer the reaction time, the lower this transmittance, until 80 minutes. From the 70 minutes, the reduction in the intensity
of the formation of siloxanes and a possible stabilization of the reaction were verified, resulting from the lower availability
of silanols over time, as a result of the condensation itself. In parallel, the band in the ≌1020 cm-1 region, attributed to
overlapping Si-O-Si and Si-OC bonds, showed an abrupt increase in its transmittance immediately after its dilution (up to
10 minutes), which can be attributed to the hydrolysis of the alkoxy groups.
Shortly after, there was a sudden reduction of it transmittance up to 60 minutes, attributed to the condensation of
silanols and siloxane formation. In contrast, from 60 minutes, there was an expressive increase in it transmittance. This
may be justified by the hydrolysis of the alkoxy groups of the silane, this phenomenon results that the Si-O-C bond, which
has a high impact on the infrared spectra, is increasingly less noticeable in it detection region. Thus, in this region of the
infrared spectra, despite the reduction of its transmittance by the formation of siloxanes, the absence of alkoxy groups has a
much higher impact than the siloxanes, resulting in an increase of transmittance in the analyzed region, thus justifying the
increase of its transmittance in parallel with the reduction of the silane hydrolysis rate, around 80 minutes.

4. CONCLUSIONS
In this experimental work, GPTMS hydrolysis in alcoholic solutions was monitored by infrared spectroscopic. The results
suggest the possibility of using low alcohol solutions for the hydrolysis of GPTMS without damages to the solution, being
shown as an alternative to the processes that use high consumption of organic solvents. Hydrolysis/condensation analyzes
of the GPTMS allow to trace the “profile” of the hydrolysis/condensation under the conditions studied.
The hydrolysis of GPTMS, in this study, may be divided into three main steps. The first one: from the silane dilution
to 20 minutes, where the hydrolysis/condensation can already be detected, but at low intensity; the second: from the 20-60
minutes, where there was an expressive increase in the hydrolysis/condensation reactions and kinetics, reaching the point
with the highest number of silanols in 60 minutes and; the third: from the 60 minutes, the kinetics of hydrolysis/condensa-
tion of the silane was reduced and the reaction indicates a condensate stabilization.

5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Authors would like to thank to CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) by the scholarship
for the first author in the Civil Engineering post-graduate program (PPGEC-UFSC), also by the international scholarship
in the project 99999.000243/2015-09. To CNPq and FAPESC for financial support to NanoTec laboratory in the Federal
University of Santa Catarina.

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Lidiane Fernanda Jochem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-2897
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