Some Articles of General Interest

If you are interested in adhesion of polymers, we have published several articles or book chapters that are of more general interest.

In 2003, the Materials Research Society published a special issue of its bulletin dedicated to adhesives. The whole set of articles are interesting and to a level of non-specialist readers. You have however to be a subscriber to access the journal. I am posting here the two articles that I authored.

Materials Science of Adhesives: How to Bond Things Together
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives: An Introductory Course

For more technical articles focusing on Pressure-Sensitive-Adhesives, I can recommend the article published in : Adhesion Science Science and Engineering, Vol I: The Mechanics of Adhesion, D.A. Dillard and A.V. Pocius eds. Elsevier. pp. 535-576.

The rest of the two volumes series is excellent and is well worth a purchase for a comprehensive and modern view of adhesion science.

Preprint of the article on Tack by C. Creton and P; Fabre.