Wirasak SmitthipongMichel NardinJacques SchultzThirawan NipithakulKrisda SuchivaICSI Institut de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces CNRS UPR 9069Mahidol University2018-07-242018-07-242004-12-06Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. Vol.18, No.12 (2004), 1449-1463016942432-s2.0-9144273255https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/21263The purpose of this study was to better understand the effect of non-rubber substances (mainly proteins and lipids) on adhesion (against glasses) and self-adhesion tack properties of uncrosslinked natural rubber (NR). Various types of NR, with or without non-rubber constituents, were prepared. Synthetic polyisoprene rubber was also used as a reference material. All the rubbers were first characterized by many techniques (FT-IR, DSC, GPC, etc.). Two experimental tests were specially utilized to measure the level of adhesion and self-adhesion: (i) at very short contact times (from a few milliseconds up to 0.1 s) the impact of a pendulum and (ii) for longer contact times (from 0.1 s to a few h) the contact of a probe using a tensile testing machine. The tack energy increased with contact time for all the rubbers studied. Natural rubber which did not contain proteins and lipids exhibited the highest adhesion and self-adhesion tack abilities. In contrast, whole natural rubber, containing both proteins and lipids, showed the lowest tack property. In each case, self-adhesion levels are higher than those of adhesion, presumably due to interdiffusion of macromolecular chains or chain segments at the interface.Mahidol UniversityChemistryEngineeringMaterials SciencePhysics and AstronomyArticleSCOPUS10.1163/1568561042323248