The products are tailored around performance needs of each application, leaving out extra features unnecessary for intended use.

The strong new adhesive is the handiwork of scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), who used polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polystyrene, or SEBS, ...

Scientists in Japan have developed an intriguing new glue that can basically be switched on and off on demand. The adhesive sticks together when hit with one wavelength of light, and breaks apart with ...

As the auto industry moves toward use of multi-material vehicle structures, the ability to structurally join dissimilar materials and keep them together during the vehicle’s useful life, yet also ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A non-toxic glue modeled after adhesive proteins produced by mussels and other creatures has been found to out-perform commercially available products, pointing toward potential ...

Imagine a material that can cling firmly to wet surfaces, repair itself after being damaged and remain flexible under ...

Materials just atoms in thickness, known as two-dimensional (2D) materials, are set to revolutionize future technology, including in the electronics industry. However, commercialization of devices ...

Adhesive selection can be a difficult and time-consuming process. While adhesive suppliers provide typical industry data on a variety of substrates, such data are difficult to extrapolate to needle ...