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Aug 25, 2010 | Article
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...
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Jul 29, 2009 | Article
This article explains the necessity of epoxy hybridization and then focuses on the use of polyurethane elastomers to modify epoxy resin adhesives. The various approaches that have been employed in...
Sep 24, 2008 | Article
Many formulation factors influence the performance properties of UV curing pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs). This article is meant to serve as a primer for formulating these useful adhesives that...
Jul 11, 2007 | Article
Boat building was the first industry that started to use composites and to assemble it by bonding, starting in the fifties and sixties in USA. These composites were at that time only glass...
Oct 11, 2006 | Article
In previous chapters we have studied several types of adhesives for composites: epoxies, polyesters, structural acrylics... We are now studying other types available. Polyurethane chemistry is a...
Jul 26, 2006 | Article
In this section, we will study several types of structural adhesives which are used for the assembly of composites: Acrylics, Polyesters, and others. These are also called "engineering acrylics" or...
Feb 16, 2005 | Article
A variety of polymers, both thermosets as well as thermoplastics, can be blended and co-reacted with epoxy resins to provide for a specific set of desired properties. The most common of these are...
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Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Develop comprehensive structural adhesive systems for medical devices meeting specific needs (fast cure, resistant to sterilization cycles, high production speed…) to fine-tune performance. Ed...
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