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Scrivener Publishing
100 Cummings Center, Suite 541J
Beverly, MA 01915-6106

Publishers at Scrivener
Martin Scrivener (martin@scrivenerpublishing.com)
Phillip Carmical (pcarmical@scrivenerpublishing.com)

Progress in Adhesion and Adhesives

Volume 2

 

 

 

 

Edited by

K.L. Mittal

 

 

 

 

 

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Preface

In 2015 we had brought out the premier volume in this series “Progress in Adhesion and Adhesives” (although we had not called it Volume 1 as we had no idea what the future plans would be) based on 13 articles published in 2014 in the journal Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives (RAA). RAA was initiated in 2013 with the sole purpose of publishing review articles on topics of contemporary interest.

With the ever-increasing amount of research being published it is a Herculean task to be fully conversant with the latest research developments in any field, and the arena of adhesion and adhesives is no exception. Thus topical review articles provide an alternate and a very efficient way to stay abreast of the state-of-the-art of a given subject. Moreover, anybody embarking on a new research area or an individual who just wishes to be knowledgeable about a topic are well advised to start with a good review article on topic of his/her interest.

The success of and the warm reception accorded to the premier volume provided us the impetus to bring out this sequel, designated as Volume 2. The current volume is based on 14 critical, concise, illuminating and thought-provoking review articles (published in 2016 in RAA) written by a coterie of internationally renowned subject matter experts, covering many and varied topics within the broad purview of Adhesion Science and Adhesive Technology.

The rationale for bringing out Volume 2 is the same as was applicable to its predecessor, i.e., the RAA has limited circulation so this set of books should provide broad exposure and wide dissemination of valuable information published in RAA. The chapters in this Volume are arranged in the same order as published originally in RAA. The subjects of these 14 reviews fall into the following general areas.

  1. Surface modification of polymers for a variety of purposes.
  2. Adhesion aspects in reinforced composites
  3. Thin films/coatings and their adhesion measurement
  4. Bioadhesion and bio-implants
  5. Adhesives and adhesive joints
  6. General adhesion aspects

The topics covered include: surface modification of natural fibers for reinforced polymer composites; adhesion of submicrometer thin metals films; surface treatments to modulate bioadhesion; hot-melt adhesives from renewable resources; relevance of adhesion in particulate-polymer composites; analysis of damages in functionally graded adhesively bonded joints; surface modification strategies for fabrication of nano-biodevices; effects of particulates on contact angles and adhesion of a droplet; thermal stresses in adhesively bonded joints and ways to mitigate these; laser-assisted electroless metallization of polymer materials; adhesion measurement of coatings on biodevices /implants; cyanoacrylate adhesives; and adhesion of green flame retardant coatings onto polyolefins.

This book consolidating plentiful information on a number of topics of current interest should be valuable and useful to materials science, nanotechnology, polymers, bonding, biomedical, composites researchers in academia, government research labs and R&D personnel in a host of industries. Yours truly sincerely is sanguine that Volume 2 will receive the same warm welcome as its forerunner by the materials science community in general and the adhesionists in particular.

Now is the pleasant task of thanking those who were instrumental in shaping this book. First I am thankful to the authors of review articles for their enthusiastic support for bringing out Volume 2 as they felt that this was a very useful medium for bringing the information to a wider audience. Also, I should thank Martin Scrivener (publisher) for conceiving the idea of these books and for his steadfast interest in and support for this book project.

Kash Mittal
P.O. Box 1280
Hopewell Jct., NY 12533
E-mail: usharmittal@gmail.com
April 2017