Double-Sided Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Materials under Human-Centric Extreme Environments.

ABSTRACT: Maintaining the adhesion strength of flexible pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) is crucial for advanced applications, such as health monitoring. Sustainable mounting is critical for wearable sensor devices, especially under challenging surroundings such as low and high temperatures (e.g., polar regions or deserts), underwater and sweat environments (physical activity), and cyclical shear complex stresses. In this article, we consider the adhesive, mechanical, and optical properties of medical-grade double-sided PSAs by simulating extreme human-centric environments. Diverse temperature conditions, water and humidity exposures, and cyclical loads were selected and tested over long intervals, up to 28 days. We observed that high temperatures increased the shear adhesion strength due to the

SUBMITTER: Jeon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11403543 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature