Sticking Together: The Science of Adhesion
This book will answer everything you ever wanted to know about how things stick to other things – from geckos to PVA adhesive
When I saw the subtitle of this book The Science of Adhesion, and the fact that it was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, I imagined turf wars breaking out with the Institute of Physics – as surely the science of adhesion is pure physics. However, it would be fair to say that in practice the majority of the book covers the science of adhesives, where chemistry can certainly lay a firm claim.