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Surface Properties of Plastic Materials in Relation to Their Adhering Performance
Author(s) -
van der Leeden M.C.,
Frens G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/1527-2648(20020503)4:5<280::aid-adem280>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - materials science , wetting , interphase , adhesion , adhesive , composite material , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , genetics , biology
Adhesion between polymeric phases like adhesives and plastic surfaces is critical in many technological and industrial applications. In the last decades much progress has been made to understand the impact of the surface properties of both phases on the adhesive strength between them. These surface properties influence processes like wetting, molecular adsorption and inter‐diffusion which determine how an interface develops into an interphase after the two materials have been brought into contact. Ultimately, the properties of this interphase determine the overall adhesion strength of an assembly. In this paper important parameters in the adhesion process will be reviewed, including methods to engineer these parameters in order to attain adhesion strengths ranging from complete release to irreversible bonding.