This is the second volume of a two volume set on pressure-sensitive design, formulation, and applications. Advances in the theoretical understanding of pressure sensitivity, coupled with progress in macromolecular chemistry and improved coating technology, have led to new designs for pressure-sensitive products. Competitive forces have resulted in a broad variety of material formulations and manufacturing technologies. This expansion and revision of the relatively recent previous edition (Pressure-Sensitive Formulation) has been driven by this rapid technological evolution.

Volume 2 describes the practical aspects of pressure-sensitive design and formulation, as related to end-use applications.

From the Preface: “...Pressure-sensitive design was greatly enhanced by developments in contact physics and mechanics, that allowed the correlation of the macromolecular characteristics to rheological, mechanical and adhesive properties. Recently, the applicability of the free volume theory for pressure-sensitive products, and its use as a generally valid criterion of pressure sensitivity, multiplied the parameters of pressure-sensitive design. Pressure sensitivity interpreted as system and process, imposed a separate discussion of the advances in this domain...”

Target Audience: Production and manufacturing managers; manufacturing, process, and chemical engineers; materials scientists; chemists; and new product specialists involved in the production or application of pressure-sensitive products.

Table of Contents:

Design and Formulation Basis

Hot-Melt PSAs Based on Styrenic Polymer

Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives of Controlled Water-Absorbing Capacity

Removable and Repositionable Pressure-Sensitive Materials

UV-Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Pressure-Sensitive Design and Formulation in Practice

Index

Note: Pressure-Sensitive Design, Theoretical Aspects (Vol. 1) is a companion volume.