Objective The proposal addresses needs of the European pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) industry, which makes unimportant contribution to Europe's economy and encompasses chemical suppliers, polymer producers, coating companies and end-users. Environmental and health restrictions on emission of organic solvents from industrial processes have driven development of water-borne Pass (by-Pass), which are based on colloidally-stableaqueous dispersions of polymer particles with diameters of 100-400 nanometres and whose composition, internal structure and surfaces can be controlled on dimensions of a few nanometres during synthesis. Due toothier socio-economic benefits, there is an increasing demand for by-Pass in high performance applications, particularly in the healthcare, aerospace and automotive, construction and assembly, and data tracking industries. A major problem for the PSA industry is that, in comparison to solvent-cast materials, by-Pass suffers limitations in adhesive strength and in their ability to bond to non-polar substrates. The proposed work programme will establish, through fundamental research, strategies by which the performance of by-Pass cane controlled so that these limitations can be overcome. A key strategy will be to synthesise particles designed to introduce nanometre-scale heterogeneities, which are expected to enhance adhesive performance by producing extensive, fine cavitations during depending. A second, related strategy is to synthesise particles with surfaces that are designed to adsorb at interfaces with substrates in order to increase the strength of adhesion, particularly to non-polar substrates. This fundamental study will inform the development of industrial-scale processes and prototypes for high-performance, commercially viable by-Pass. The academic and industrial participants are drawn from four European countries and offer complementary expertise in polymer synthesis, film characterisation. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Keywords Nanotechnology adhesive adsoption cavitation coating deformation latex particle pressure sensitive Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2002-3.4.2.1-1 - Understanding materials phenomena NMP-2002-3.4.2.2-2 - Surface and interface science and engineering Call for proposal FP6-2002-NMP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Address Oxford road Manchester United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all RAFLATAC OY Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Tesomankafu 31 Tampere See on map Links Website Opens in new window SURFACE SPECIALITIES S.A. Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Allée de la recherche 60 Brussels See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Guildford, surrey See on map Links Website Opens in new window ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 10, rue vauquelin Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window
