Some 260 attendees encountered a compelling program that offered over 150 presentations covering a range of topics, from organismal and biomimetic adhesives to adhesives in transportation to fracture mechanics.
New research in adhesion science includes a reversible glue developed by a team at Newcastle University and customizable bioadhesive patches created by scientists at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Korea.
Researchers around the world are publishing their latest discoveries in scientific journals. Here are three recent developments in adhesion technology research.
The addition of the two new labs will help the company further build on its reputation for pioneering product development that provides creative solutions for customers.
Scientists at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago have developed a plastic material with the ability to take on many forms.
Scientists have developed a technique that allows the imaging of polymerization catalysis reactions at single-monomer resolution and, through fluorescent signaling, to differentiate monomers from one another.
The newly developed CREATS (Coupled REaction Approach Toward Super-resolution imaging) allows researchers to image polymerization catalysis reactions at single-monomer resolution and, through fluorescent signaling, to differentiate monomers from one another.
Harvard researchers have found that chitosan, a fibrous, sugar-based material derived from the processed outer skeletons of shellfish, achieved rapid and strong bonding of hydrogels through chemical and physical interactions that differ from traditional hydrogel methods.
Applying specific paper cutting techniques to adhesive tape made the bond of the tape stronger by a factor of 60 while still allowing for easy removal by peeling in the opposite direction.
February 16, 2024
A team at Virginia Tech has adapted kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of cutting paper, into a method for increasing the adhesive bond of ordinary tape.
The infusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into R&D and manufacturing processes is responsible for the current unprecedented pace of the manufacturing landscape, which has unleashed a wave of innovation, efficiency, and quality in the sector.
The first shared R&D center for RPM, the facility is designed to foster partnership and harness collective expertise among RPM companies to accelerate innovation.