This Festschrift documents the proceedings of the First International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology, held in Amsterdam October 16-20, 1995 in honor of Dr. Kash Mittal on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The 49 papers — authored by a remarkable array of leading authorities — in this book address many different aspects of adhesion science and technology, with coverage of both fundamental and applied issues. Recommended.

From the Preface: “...When we were ruminating over how to document the Proceedings, it immediately became apparent that to chronicle the full written accounts of 235 papers would be almost impossible. Therefore, we decided to include in this Festshrift only the invited presentations. However, we thought, for posterity and to capture the full spirit of the Congress, it behooved us to list the titles, names and affiliations of authors of the other papers. Concomitantly, this Festschrift should serve as a full acta of this momentous occasion...”

Target Audience: Researchers, scientists, engineers, and upper level students of adhesion science and technology.

Partial Table of Contents:

Fundamental Aspects of Adhesion and General Topics:

The Molecular Surface Science of Adhesion

Atomic Force Microscopy: Surface Forces, Adhesion and Nanomechanics Measurements

Lifshitz—van der Waals, Lewis Acid—Base and Electrostatic Interactions in Adhesion of Aqueous Media

Relationship Between Interfacial Acid—Base Interactions and Adhesive Bond Strength

The Mechanical Theory of Adhesion — A Seventy Year Perspective and Its Current Status

Adhesion Problems in Electronic Devices

Contact Angle, Wettability and Surface Energetics:

A New Approach for Determining Roughness by Means of Contact Angles on Solids

Adhesion Failure and Dewetting of Thin Liquid Films

Retarded Wetting and Dewetting on Elastomeric Substrates

Surface Properties of Silicone Release Coatings

Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion:

Pretreatments of Fluoropolymers. A Review of Studies Between 1990 and 1995

Oxygen Plasma Treatment of Thermoplastic Polyolefins: Relevance to Adhesion

Plasma Surface Modifications for Structural and Biomedical Adhesion Applications

Adhesion, Wettability and Mechanical Properties of Ammonia- and Helium-Plasma-Treated Polypropylene

Novel Metal Pretreatments for Improved Adhesion of Paints Using Plasma Methods

UV Treatment of Surfaces with Excimer Lasers and Its Effect on Adhesion Properties

Surface Photografting of Polymer Films and Fibers for Adhesion and Adsorption Control

Surface Treatment of Styrene—Butadiene Rubber with Carboxylic Acids

Adhesives and Adhesive Joints:

Electronically Conductive Adhesives: Conduction Mechanisms, Mechanical Behavior and Durability

Catalytic Activation of Wood Adhesive Polycondensation by the Adhesion Forces to a Cellulosic Substrate

Aspects of Properties in Polymer Assemblies Bonded by Polyurethane Adhesives

Improved Evidence for Chaos During Peeling of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tape from a Metal Substrate

Electrical Currents Produced by Peeling a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive: Role of Electrostatic Forces in Adhesion

Fracture Mechanics Analyses of the Behavior of Adhesion Test Specimens

Adhesion Aspects of Polymeric Coatings and Polymer—Polymer Interphase:

Polyimide Adhesion to the Silica Surface: Interfacial Interactions

Adhesion Mechanisms of Polyurethane to Glass: Interphase Formation and Structure

Formation and Durability of Welded Joints Involving Thermoplastics <

P>Metal—Polymer and Metal—Ceramic Adhesion:

Interactions and Reactions at Metal/Self-Assembled Organic Monolayer Interfaces

Structure and Formation of Metal—Polymer Interfaces

Enhanced Metal/Ceramic Adhesion by Surface Treatment with Excimer UV Radiation

General Papers:

Electrochemical Aspects of Encapsulated Bacteria Adhesion to Stainless Steel Surfaces

The Effect of Radiofrequency Electric Field on the Properties of Dispersed Systems: Relevance to Adhesion