Structural adhesives are commonly used to join dissimilar materials and are of particular
interest in complex technological devices used in automotive, telecommunications, photonic …

Cyclic monomers bearing either vinyl or exomethylene groups have the ability to be
polymerized through a radical pathway via a ring-opening mechanism (addition …

Vinyl polymers have been the focus of intensive research over the past few decades and are
attractive materials owing to their ease of synthesis and their broad diversity of architectures …

Photoswitchable polymer adhesives enable strong bonding and on-demand debonding with
minimal damage to adherends due to the high spatiotemporal resolution and therefore …

Adhesives releasing carcinogenic formaldehyde are almost everywhere in our homes and
offices. Most of these glues are permanent, preventing disassembly and recycling of the …

Atom transfer radical polymerization was employed to induce the living polymerization of an
azobenzene-containing monomer, 10-[4-(4-hexylphenylazo) phenoxy] decyl acrylate, with …

Multiazobenzene compounds, hexakis-O-[4-(phenylazo) phenoxyalkylcarboxyl]-d-mannitols
and hexakis-O-[4-(4-hexylphenylazo) phenoxyalkylcarboxyl]-d-mannitols, exhibit …

Photocurable adhesives based on polymers and resins are an integral part of different
production processes because of their fast curing and local area bonding ability. Recently …

Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are utilized for temporary applications since bonding
and debonding are determined by the adhesive-substrate interface and the mechanical and …

ABSTRACT A reversible isothermal phase transition between the liquid and solid states in
response to light irradiation was achieved in side chain-type azobenzene polymers. These …