Typically those not skilled in the art relate Glass Transition Temperature to Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. You need a low Tg material to prepare good pressure sensitive adhesives. This report deals with a wide range of acrylate terminated oligomers...

A number of formulations were developed with urethane diacrylate oligomers in combination with several reactive diluent monomers of different functionalities in the presence of certain co-diluent co-monomers. Thin polymer films were prepared with...

Two kinds of pressure sensitive adhesives were formulated from radiation cross-linkable styrene-isoprene block copolymer (SIS) and complete hydrogenated aliphatic tackifying resin or non-hydrogenated resins. Formulations were prepared and the...

Aug. 25 - Modern Starch Based Adhesives – Not Your Father’s Starch Anymore

This article takes a quick look at conventional starch adhesive technology and then progresses to discussing modified starch adhesives. Finally the article focuses on very modern forms of starch adhesives that have only recently been developed. ...

Aug. 11 - Raw materials used in non-woven adhesives formulations

Many of the applications that use non-woven fabrics adhere them with hot melt adhesives. However, water-based and solvent-based adhesive systems also have a role in this market. Adjusting the raw materials for these formulations can be crucial, for...

Jul. 28 - Functional Silanes as Crosslinkers

This article offers a general review of organosilanes as crosslinkers for conventional polymers such as acrylates, polyesters, polyurethanes and polyesters. Innovative crosslinking methods that are outside the norm for these materials will also be...

Aug. 25 - Word Confusion: Biopolymer, Biodegradable, Bioadhesive? by Edward M Petrie

It seems that we are finding the prefix,“bio-“, in many words. The terms biopolymer, biodegradable, and bioadhesive are confusing. Are all biopolymers biodegradable? And are all biodegradable polymers classified as biopolymers? What then is a...

Aug. 11 - Carpet adhesives lay recycling path by Andrew Extance

Adhesives' tenacious stickiness is vital for their function, but can cause consternation when it comes to recycling the products that they're used with. To tackle this, researchers at the University of York, UK, claim that they have now developed a...

Jul. 28 - Green Building Initiatives Spur Growth by Edward M Petries

This editorial summarizes the major trends occurring in green building materials and design. It attempts to determine how these will affect the future of the adhesives and sealants industry and especially the impact on formulators.