A device comprises a substrate) of a first material with a surface, which is modified by depositing a bi-layer nanoparticle film. The film includes a nanoparticle layer of a second material on top of and in contact with surface, and a nanoparticle layer of a third material on top of and in contact with the nanoparticle layer of the second material. The nanoparticles of the third material adhere to the nanoparticles of the second material. The substrate region adjoining surface comprises an admixture of the second material in the first material. A fourth material contacts and chemically/mechanically bonds to the nanoparticle layer of the third material.

A method of and system for adhesive bonding. The method and system a) treat a surface of an element to be bonded to provide an adherent structure including one or more rubber compounds on the surface; b) place a polymerizable adhesive composition, including at least one photoinitiator and at least one energy converting material, in contact with the adherent structure and two or more components to be bonded to form an assembly, c) irradiated the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion by the at least one energy converting material, to a second wavelength capable of activating the at least one photoinitiator to produce from the polymerizable adhesive composition a cured adhesive composition; and d) adhesively join the two or more components by way of the adherent structure and the cured adhesive composition.