Recent Advances in Adhesion Science and Technology in Honor of Dr. Kash Mittal

Section I Interfaces, Wettability, and Adhesion. Study of Metal-Polymer Interfaces: Relevance to Adhesion. Lateral Adhesion Force Measurements at the Drop-Surface Interface. Particle Adhesion in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. The Effects of Nanostructure and Composition of Solid Surfaces on Ice Adhesion. A Review on the Fabrication of Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces. Section II Surface Modification of Polymers. Surface Modification of ABS for Electroless Copper Plating without Chromic Acid Etching. Achieving Nanoscale Surface Structure on Polyester Film by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment. Aerosol-Based DBD-A Simple Way to Provide Polymers with Functional Groups for Adhesion Promotion. Section III Adhesion Aspects of Bio-Based Materials and Bio-Adhesion. Wood Joints Adhesion and Performance in Mechanical Friction Welding of Wood without Adhesives. Effect of Pretreatment of Rice Straw Used as a Bio-Filler in Reinforced Polypropylene Composite. "Green" Composites Based on Bacterial Cellulose Produced Using Novel Low-Cost Carbon Source and Soy Protein Resin. Preparing Medium Density Fiberboard Surfaces for Powder Coating: Effects of Atmospheric Plasma Treatment, Infrared Irradiation, and Climatization. Adhesion Aspects in Dentistry: Bonding to Zirconia. Escherichia coli O157:H7 Interactions and Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media. Section IV Adhesives and Their Testing. Improved Approaches to Analyze the Nonlinear Behavior of Adhesives in Bonded Assemblies. Soy Proteins as Wood Adhesives. Section V Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites. Carbon Nanotube-Based Interphase Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring in Continuous Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene. Reaction of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Gaseous Oxygen and Chlorine Atoms. Nanoparticle Deposition on Packaging Materials by Liquid Flame Spray: Generation of Superhydrophilic and Superhydrophobic Coatings. Index.