This volume is comprised of selected papers from the ACS Symposium Fundamentals of Adhesion and Interfaces, held in Orlando, FL, in 1996. Topics addressed include polymer surface chemistry, modification and characterization; adhesion of particles to various surfaces; dielectric properties and surface electrical charge; advanced instrumentation applications; and much more.

From the Preface: “...Some of the scientific areas where surface interactions are important include adhesion, catalysis and surface chemistry, triboelectrification, chemisorption and physisorption, and wear. There are also numerous technological areas where surface interactions are significant...Accordingly, the study of surfaces and their interactions continue to be the subject of intense investigation...These papers were reviewed and first published in a special issue of The Journal of Adhesion [volume 67, numbers 1-4]. Following the precedent set forth in the previous symposium, those papers are being bound and issued in a hard-cover volume to facilitate dissemination of the material...”

Target Audience: Academic and industrial researchers in various fields who are concerned with adhesion and interfacial effects; also upper-level students in materials science, physical and analytical chemistry, and polymer science and engineering.

Table of Contents:

Adhesion and Surface-Hydrogen-Bond Components for Polymers and Biomaterials

Particle Adhesion to Elastomeric Substrates and Elastomeric Substrates with Semi-Rigid Coatings

Interface Contributions to Localized Heating of Dielectric Thin Films

The Influence of Surface Energetics of Calcium Carbonate Minerals on Mineral—Polymer Interaction in Polyolefin Composites

Surface and Corrosion Characteristics of a-C:H/Fluorocarbon Films

Adhesion of Fine Particles in Dispersions

Contact Electrification of Materials: The Chemistry of Ions on Polymer Surfaces

The Adhesion Properties of an Ozone Modified Thermoplastic Olefin Elastomer

Adhesion of a Soft Rubber on a Wet Solid

Nano-Scale Indentation Creep Testing at Non-Ambient Temperature

Transcrystallinity in PTFE/PP Composites

The Removal of Submicron Particles in Liquid-Based Cleaning

End Group Effect on Adhesion of Perfluoropolyether Lubricants to Solid Substrates

Interfaces in Polymeric Systems as Studied by C.A.S.M. — a New Combination of Localized Calorimetric Analysis with Scanning Microscopy

Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Adhesional Release

Aerosol and Solution Modification of Particle—Polymer Interfaces

Some Functional Issues in Adhesion: A Conceptual View

The Interaction Between Micrometer-Size Particles and Flat Substrates: A Quantitative Study of Jump-to-Contact

Effect of Surface Moisture on the Polarization of Individual Glass Spheres

Index