Conventional pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are fabricated from soft viscoelastic materials that satisfy Dahlquist's criterion for tack with a Young's modulus (E) of 100 kPa or less at room temperature and 1 Hz. In contrast, the adhesive on the toes of geckos is made of beta-keratin, a stiff material with E at least four orders of magnitude greater than the upper limit of Dahlquist's crite...

PURPOSE To investigate the effectiveness of fibrin glue (laparoscopic via) into promote the hemostasis of a spleen injury on a heparinized porcine model. METHODS Eighteen Landrace porcine were submitted to laparoscopic spleen injury and randomly distributed: GHA (heparin plus adhesive), GH (heparin without adhesive) and GS (Sham - without heparin or adhesive). Ten minutes before the surgical ...

We investigate the drainage dynamics of thin liquid foam films containing PNiPAM microgel suspensions with two cross-linking densities (1.5 and 5 mol% BIS) and at two microgel concentrations (0.1 and 1% wt). For this purpose, we use a thin-film pressure balance apparatus that can apply a controlled and sudden hydrostatic pressure on a film, and record the subsequent film thinning as a function ...

PURPOSE Study was conducted to determine and assess the effect of different type of denture adhesives on the incisal bite force of complete denture wearers until the dislodgement of upper denture, using pressure transducer. MATERIALS AND METHODS 30 patients out of 100 were included in the study. Based on the Kapur's method of scoring denture retention and stability, these patients were divide...

Hailing Yang, Graduate Student, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Wei Zhang, Research Scientist, Advance and Applied Polymer Processing Institute, Institute of Advance Learning and Research, Danville, VA Ronald D, Moffitt, Director and Research Associate Professor, Advance and Applied Polymer Processing Institute, Institute of Advance Learning and Research, Danville, VA Thomas C. Ward, Professor, V...

PURPOSE To evaluate the technique sensitivity of four different adhesive systems using different air-blowing pressure. METHODS Four adhesive systems were employed: Clearfil SE Bond [SE] (Kuraray, Japan), G-Bond [GB] (GC Corporation, Japan), Adper Prompt L-Pop [LP] (3M ESPE, USA) and an experimental adhesive, SSB-200 [SSB] (Kuraray, Japan). Twenty-four extracted molars were used. After grindin...

For the sake of improving product quality and economy, a series cold-pressing experiments were carried out to investigate material properties engineered wood flooring with emulsion polymer isocyanate adhesive. Effect pressing time, pressure, adhesive spreading rate on modulus elasticity (MOE) rupture (MOR) was analyzed based orthogonal experimental design. According results, both MOE MOR positi...