Scientists customize tapes for specific uses by balancing adhesion, cohesion, and tack. For example, high-tack tape sticks quickly to a surface, but it may be difficult to move later. In this activity ...

BERLIN — German and American scientists are working to develop a new information storage technology using ordinary commercial adhesive tape as a medium. Private European Media Laboratory GmbH ...

In our test, the sun was beating down and the adhesive began to ooze a bit. It was messy, but it didn't seem to lose its strength. We applied the tape to a leaking bucket filled with water and a ...

Nanomechanical testing of PSAs is critical for ... a commercially available re-stickable mini tab, and Adhesive B, an outdoor construction tape) were determined using a Hysitron TI 990 ...

We have all had the experience of unsuccessfully trying to remove a rectangular strip from a roll of adhesive tape by scratching the edge with a fingernail. When pulling on the partially detached ...