Epoxy resins are used in various fields in a wide range of applications such as coatings,
adhesives, modeling compounds, impregnation materials, high-performance composites …

Joining metals by adhesive bonding is essential in widespread fields such as mobility,
dentistry, and electronics. Although adhesive technology has grown since the 1920s, the …

Epoxy resins with a network structure, which are obtained by curing reactions of epoxy and
amine compounds, are an important class of thermosetting resins. We here report the …

To ensure the quality and reliability of products bonded by epoxy resin adhesives,
elucidation of the microscopic adhesion mechanism is essential. The adhesive interaction …

The addition of a small fraction of solid nanoparticles to thermosetting polymers can
substantially improve their fracture toughness, while maintaining various intrinsic …

The mechanisms underlying the influence of the surface chemistry of inorganic materials on
polymer structures and fracture behaviours near adhesive interfaces are not fully …

Epoxy resins, which possess a three-dimensional network obtained by a curing reaction
between epoxy and amine compounds, are in a glassy state at room temperature. They are …

Amphiphilic copolymers comprising hydrophilic segments of poly (ethylene glycol) and
hydrophobic domains that are able to adhere to solid/liquid interfaces have proven to be …

Epoxy is a class of thermosetting resins and has been widely used as a representative
example of structural adhesives. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how the epoxy resin and …

The adhesive strength of epoxy resins is generally dependent on the surface chemistry of an
adherend. Although the free space, or the nanoscopic void space, formed at the adhered …