“…[112,113] Nevertheless, aminosilanes, and particularly 3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilanes (APS), have been used extensively as adhesion promoters and the well-known reactivity of amines has been exploited for the introduction of various functionalized molecules. APS layers were used to covalently bind fullerenes, [114,115] chromophores, [116,117] and fluorophores, [118,119] and to coordinate to a zinc porphyrin. [120] In addition, photoresponsive spiropyran molecules were covalently attached to an APS layer and used to induce reversible changes in wettability upon switching to a more polar zwitterionic merocyanine isomer, triggered by the absorption of UV light.…”