This editorial describes the cooperative activities of a European group (COST Action TD0906) to develop novel adhesive systems that are inspired by biological phenomena found in everyday life. The...

This article reviews a newly developing technology that provides biodegradability to polymers by way of additives. Although in the early development stages with several challenging problems ahead,... (2 Member Reactions)

This editorial describes unique adhesive technologies that are capable of debonding on-demand. The novel technologies could have significant environmental implications. (2 Member Reactions)

This editorial provides an introduction into the use of polymer latex as an additive in cement and concrete mixtures. Such polymer modification of cement and concrete noticeably improves application...

This editorial reviews the history of structural adhesive growth in the aerospace industry and identifies unique areas of development. Adhesives have always played a significant role in the aircraft /...

This editorial takes a look at several unintended major discoveries in the adhesives industry and shows how one’s perseverance, observation, and a factor of good luck helped to parlay these... (1 Member Reaction)

Medical adhesives are well known enough to take leading parts in films, but in some roles they still get poor reviews. Conventional tissue sealants and PSAs both have their shortcomings. But not only...

This editorial describes only several of the more recent applications for organosilanes. The nature of the organosilane molecule, its bifunctionality, and the great number of chemical end-groups that...

Much adhesive innovation rightly occurs in product formulation – but manufacturers shouldn’t miss opportunities by focussing too closely on that activity. 2-component adhesives are a particular...

This editorial looks at an old structural adhesive, nitrile-phenolic, that has a unique combination of properties. It may often be overlooked because of the number of newer adhesive systems on the...

The sandcastle worm builds itself an tube-shaped home using a self-produced natural glue, which sets in the cold sea, a grain of sand at a time. Using proteins that assume a complex liquid form known...

Adhesives based on soy protein have gained a great deal of interest in order to replace urea-formaldehyde resins used to produce wood laminates, in the interest of lowering urea emissions. One...

This editorial explores the chemistry and applications of ionomer adhesive and sealants. Ionomers have a unique set of physical, optical, and processing properties. Except for the packaging industry,...

As we understand ever more about how chemicals interact with the environment, adhesive formulators frequently have to face upheaval in reconsidering which components they can use in their products. A...

This editorial examines the use of lignin in the adhesive industry. Lignin is a low cost waste product from the pulp and paper industry. Over the last decade there has been an enormous effort to... (1 Member Reaction)

Such seemingly simple objects as snack packets have to meet a surprisingly large number of criteria. As well as being economical, they now have to be sustainable, while also taking into account the... (1 Member Reaction)

This editorial examines several processes that make it easier to reposition or debond substrates. The focus is on cling films that can adhere to a substrate without the use of adhesives. Practical...

Epoxy adhesives are the longest-used, best known and among the most common structural adhesives in general use. Polyurethanes are much more flexible, tough and elastic, which helps when adhesive bonds... (1 Member Reaction)

This year, the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) mandated that by 2012 supermarket clamshell food packaging should be made from PET rather than other thermoformed plastics. Their aim is to increase the... (1 Member Reaction)

This editorial discusses electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and its uses in measuring the moisture resistance of conventional adhesive joints. EIS appears to be a valuable tool to study the...