Sticking Together. Steven Abbott

2.1 Why Bother with Adhesives?

       2.2 Technical Basics

       2.3 Units

       2.4 Adhesion Terms

       2.5 Surface Tension and Energy

       2.6 Viscosity

       2.7 Squeezing Glue

       2.8 Griffith's Law

       2.9 Chemistry Essentials

       2.10 Polymers

       2.11 Crosslinked Polymers

       2.12 Water as the Initiator

       2.13 Catalysts

       2.14 That's It

       Chapter 3 Sticking Like a Gecko

       3.1 Lessons from the Gecko

       3.2 Why Don't We Have Lots of Gecko Adhesive Tapes? Actually, We Do

       3.3 Liquid Gecko Adhesive

       3.4 Use Sparingly

       3.5 The Pain of Contact in Contact Lenses

       3.6 (Don't) Roughen before Use

       3.7 Soldering

       3.8 What Have We Learned so Far?

       Chapter 4 How Stuck Is Stuck?

       4.1 Keeping the Wings on the Plane

       4.2 The Explanations

       4.3 Never Rely on a Butt Joint

       4.4 At Least Our Adhesive Tape Is Nice and Simple…

       4.5 The Tape Test

       4.6 Bring in the Experts

       4.7 Boil in the Bag

       4.8 Testing at Home

       Chapter 5 Strong Adhesion

       5.1 Intermingling

       5.2 Uncooked Spaghetti

       5.3 Cooked Spaghetti

       5.4 Crosslinks

       5.5 Strong Adhesion to Non-polymers

       5.6 Cyanoacrylates – The Basics

       5.7 Epoxies and Urethanes – The Basics

       5.8 Epoxies and Urethanes – Locking On

       5.9 Urea/Melamine Formaldehyde Resins

       5.10 Will Not Stick to PE/PP – Or PET

       5.11 Polyolefin Adhesion – It's Not Surface Energy

       5.12 Adhesion via the World's Worst Polymer

       5.13 UV Adhesives

       5.14 Hot Melt Adhesives

       5.15 Wood Glues

       5.16 General Purpose Glues

       5.17 Silicones

       5.18 TES and TMS – Why so Many Adhesives Contain Silanes

       5.19 “Contains Complicated Stuff”

       5.20 If Only …

       Chapter 6 Strong Adhesion with Weak Polymers

       6.1 PSAs – Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

       6.2 Dissipation

       6.3 Spaghetti (Cooked) and Chewing Gum

       6.4 Tack

       6.5 The Backing Tape

       6.6 How Does a PSA Work?

       6.7 Sticking to Different Surfaces

       6.8 Choosing the Right PSA for Your Job