The chapters in this book cover a wide and diverse range of topics, providing a detailed discussion of each.

From the Preface: “...The purpose of this volume and for that matter of most technical books, is not to present anything new to the profession, but to provide a comprehensive overview of various areas. The material presented in this book has been published before in various periodicals or presented at various meetings. Such presentations, however, are scattered throughout many publications, contain considerable amount of repitition and also some material of temporary interest only. We hope the overview chapters as presented in this book will help the busy engineer or scientist to gain quickly the knowledge he is seeking...”

Target Audience: Highly recommended for all professionals, especially researchers, using or formulating pressure sensitive adhesives.

Table of Contents:

Crosslinking

Chemistry and Technology of Radiation Curable Release Coatings

Radiation Curable Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

Fracture Energy and Tack of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

Rheological Modeling

Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Adhesive Performance

Label Stock

Coating and Drying

Index

Note: Advances in Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Technology, Volume 2 and Advances in Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Technology, Volume 1 are companion volumes to this title.