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Silambarasan filmography
Silambarasan filmography: Tamil actor Simbu (S.T.R.), child artist from Uravai Kaatha Kili (1984), lead debut Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), director of Vallavan, known for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Maanaadu, Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu, Thug Life, plus playback singing and music direction.
Silane
Silane (SiH4), also called silicon tetrahydride, is a colorless, pyrophoric gas and the silicon analog of methane that ignites spontaneously in air; it is a key precursor for semiconductor and solar-cell silicon.
Silane coupling agents
Silane coupling agents are organofunctional silanes, typically X–CH₂CH₂CH₂–Si(OR)₃, that bond inorganic surfaces such as glass, silica, and metal oxides to organic polymers, improving adhesion in composites.
Silanes and siloxanes
Silanes are saturated silicon hydrides, analogs of the alkanes with formula SinH2n+2, while siloxanes are compounds with alternating silicon and oxygen frameworks that lead to silicones.
Silang Revolt
The Silang Revolt, also known as the Ilocos Revolt, was an Ilocano uprising against Spanish rule in northern Luzon led by Diego Silang from 1762 to 1763.
Silangcheng Ancient City
四郎城古城 (Silangcheng ancient city), also called Huanzhou city (桓州城) or 侍郎城, is a Jin-dynasty walled prefecture site built in 1168 in Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia; a 2013 national key cultural relics protection unit with 57 horse-face towers and a gateless north wall.
Silanization
Silanization is a surface modification method that attaches organosilane molecules to hydroxyl-bearing surfaces such as glass, silica, and metal oxides through siloxane bonds, altering wettability, adhesion, and biomolecule-binding functionality.
Silanization of silicon and mica
Silanization of silicon and mica attaches organofunctional silane molecules to silicon and freshly cleaved mica, creating chemically defined surfaces for biosensing and atomic force microscopy.
Silanol
Silanol, IUPAC name hydroxysilane (CAS 14475-38-8), is the silicon analog of methanol (H3SiOH); silanol groups cover silica surfaces and serve as intermediates in silicone manufacture.
Silas (Σίλας/Σιλουανός)
Silas, also called Silvanus, was an early Christian prophet from Jerusalem who replaced Barnabas as Paul's companion on the second missionary journey through Syria, Cilicia, and Macedonia.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, George Eliot's 1861 novel (William Blackwood and Sons), follows a weaver falsely accused of theft who hoards gold in Raveloe until the stolen treasure is replaced by the child Eppie.
Silas Mason (wrestler)
"Thrillbilly" Silas Mason (also Kassius Koonz) is an American professional wrestler signed to the National Wrestling Alliance, current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion in his first reign, former NWA National Heavyweight Champion, and a member of The Southern Six.
Silas Ostrzinski
Silas Ostrzinski, German goalkeeper (born 2003, Hagen) at Borussia Dortmund, shirt 31, at BVB since 2018 from SpVg Hagen; U19 Bundesliga winner 2021/22, Dortmund II regular, no Bundesliga appearance yet.
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Silas Weir Mitchell (full name Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson) is an American character actor, born in 1969 in Philadelphia, known for Haywire on Prison Break and Monroe on Grimm.
Silas Weir Mitchell (physician)
Silas Weir Mitchell, also known as S. Weir Mitchell, was an American neurologist in Philadelphia who named causalgia, devised the rest cure, and wrote bestselling novels.
Silat
Silat: Malay Archipelago martial art of self-defence, also Pencak Silat sport; UNESCO-listed 2019 via Malaysia; 150+ styles; PERSILAT founded 1980; SEA Games sport since 1987.
Silat al-Sila of Ibn al-Abbar
Silat al-Sila (صلة الصلة) is a biographical dictionary of the notables of al-Andalus by Abu Ja'far Ibn al-Zubayr al-Jayyani, the last work in the chain running from Ibn Bashkuwal's Sila through Ibn al-Abbar's Takmila.
Sīlava
Sīlava, also Sīlavā (सीलव), is an elder monk of the Pāli commentarial tradition, a son of King Bimbisāra of Magadha who became an arahant under the Buddha.
Silbermond
Silbermond is a German pop-rock band from Bautzen, Saxony, fronted by Stefanie Kloß, whose 2004 breakthrough brought hits like "Symphonie" and more than six million records sold.
Silbury Hill
Silbury Hill is the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe, a chalk mound built near Avebury, Wiltshire, England, around 2470 to 2350 BC; its purpose is unknown.
Silchar
Silchar, headquarters of Cachar district in Assam's Barak Valley on the Barak River, is Assam's second largest town, a commercial hub for Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram, and highly flood-prone, notably in the 2022 flood.
Sildenafil
Sildenafil (Viagra, Revatio) is a Pfizer-developed PDE5 inhibitor, first synthesized as UK-92,480 in 1989 for angina, approved March 27, 1998 as the first oral erectile dysfunction treatment, later repurposed for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Silence (2016 film)
Silence (2016) is Martin Scorsese's historical drama adapted from Shūsaku Endō's 1966 novel, starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson as Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan; 161 minutes, Paramount, $7.1M US gross.
Silence (climb)
Silence is a 45-meter sport climbing route on the overhanging roof of the Hanshelleren cave at Flatanger, Norway, first climbed by Adam Ondra in 2017.
Silence (Doctor Who)
The Silence are fictional memory-erasing alien villains created by Steven Moffat for Doctor Who series 6 (2011), designed by Neill Gorton from Edvard Munch's The Scream and the Men in Black; also the religious Order of the Silence tied to the 'Silence will fall' arc.
Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout
Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout is a 2024 Hindi ZEE5 original crime thriller, sequel to Silence: Can You Hear It, directed by Aban Bharucha Deohans, starring Manoj Bajpayee as ACP Avinash Verma investigating a Mumbai bar shootout.
Silence in the Library
Silence in the Library is a 2008 Doctor Who two-parter (with Forest of the Dead) by Steven Moffat: the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble visit a deserted planet-wide library stalked by the shadow-hunting Vashta Nerada, introducing River Song.
Silence Outlives the Earth
silence outlives the earth (also Silence Outlives the Earth) is the seventh studio album by Alabama progressive metalcore band ERRA, released March 6, 2026 via UNFD; 11 tracks, 42 minutes, closing trilogy, produced by Daniel Braunstein.
Silence Wang (汪苏泷)
Silence Wang (汪苏泷, Wang Sulong), born 1989 in Shenyang, is a mainland Chinese singer-songwriter and producer who rose as a QQ Music internet star, wrote hit OSTs like 年轮 and 一笑倾城, and in 2026 played ten sold-out Bird's Nest shows.
Silence... Can You Hear It?
Silence... Can You Hear It? is a 2021 Hindi-language murder mystery on ZEE5, directed by Aban Bharucha Deohans, starring Manoj Bajpayee as ACP Avinash Verma; not related to Scorsese's Silence.