Tack or tackiness in the context of material behaviour is associated with stickiness and may result from adhesive forces between two materials in contact or cohesive forces in a material bridging two ...

Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are an essential class of materials that bond instantly upon application of light pressure. Their unique properties stem from a delicate balance of viscoelasticity, ...

Materials that are tacky or sticky are easily identified by touch. This is normally done by holding the material between the forefinger and thumb, and feeling how sticky and difficult it is to remove ...

The aim of this paper is to review the current understanding of the adhesion when at least one of the two materials adhering is a polymer. The second material may also be polymeric, but also it may be ...