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May 16, 2011 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
This editorial discusses how nanotechnology may be used in simple, cost effective waterborne or hot melt adhesive systems. These two areas of technology have been thought to be significantly...
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Oct 6, 2010 | Article
Increasing pressure sensitive adhesives strength calls for crosslinking, but often at the cost of adverse side effects like discolouring. Now, an unusual crosslinker type promises to avoid those...
Aug 25, 2010 | Article
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...
Aug 11, 2010 | Article
By Andy Extance
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...
Jul 14, 2010 | Article
Rheology, is a complex subject that helps describe how adhesives adhesives can behave like a liquid to bond but a solid to debond. As adhesives continue to evolve, so to do methods for optimising...
May 5, 2010 | Article
Increasing screen sizes are creates a larger electrostatic discharge problem when release liners are removed from adhesive films used in LCD manufacturing. Antistatic adhesives already exist, but...
Dec 1, 2009 | Article
Waterborne Adhesives appeared in the first half of last century. Since then, technical improvement and expansion into a lot of applications have made of this technology the largest one used in the...
Nov 18, 2009 | Article
Trialkylborane catalysts and their amine complexes are hydrolytically and oxidatively unstable, decomposing in water very rapidly to trialkylboroxin, borate esters, and boric acid. However...
Dec 3, 2008 | Article
The solvent controls their viscosity, open time, tack and adhesion. It helps provide contact adhesives with enough cohesive strength and 'knitting ability' that two surfaces coated with the adhesive...
Sep 12, 2007 | Article
Although the general public may not realize it, they come into contact everyday with one of the most demanding applications for adhesives - books. Adhesives are used in the manufacture of books...