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Thermodynamics of Adhesion

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Although practical adhesion depends on more than just interfacial bonds, clearly the latter are fundamental: the stronger the links, the higher the adhesion. In many cases, interfacial bonding is of a physical nature and is closely akin to wetting, with the same types of physical phenomena occurring. These can be treated from a thermodynamic standpoint. Wetting data may be used to estimate the thermodynamic energy of adhesion, provided certain assumptions are made and suitable models constructed for, in particular, a relationship between interfacial tensions. Several models have been established with greater or lesser success. The main ones are reviewed here, underlining their essential assumptions.

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  1. Lehrstuhl Adhäsion und Interphasen in Polymeren, Universität des Saarlandes, PF 151 150, Gebäude 22, 6. Stock, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Wulff Possart

  2. Institut de Mécanique et d’Ingénierie-Bordeaux (I2M), CNRS UMR 5295, Université de Bordeaux, 1-351 cours de la Libération, 33400, Talence, France

    Martin E. R. Shanahan

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Lucas F. M. da Silva

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany

    Andreas Öchsner

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Robert D. Adams

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Possart, W., Shanahan, M.E.R. (2018). Thermodynamics of Adhesion. In: da Silva, L., Öchsner, A., Adams, R. (eds) Handbook of Adhesion Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55411-2_6

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