A large number of books and journals deal with molecular adhesion. Hirschfelder20 edited a fine work on Intermolecular forces, and Israelachvili21 considered the application of such forces to interfaces, and to colloidal and biological systems. Surface chemistry books have been written by Bikerman,19 Gregg,22 and Adamson.23 A number of excellent books on colloids exist,
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including those by Myers, Everett, Shaw and Hunter. A good book on surface forces in relation to catalysis was produced by Somorjai.28
Journals on molecular adhesion are rare. There is the Journal of Adhesion which has been edited by Lou Sharpe for more than 30 years. And there is the Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, published by Butterworth. Colloid journals are more common because of their great industrial significance. These include the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Colloids and Surfaces, Surface and Colloid Science, Colloid Polymer Science, and Progress in Surface and Membrane Science.
Books on the applications of adhesion are much more common. Kinloch’s book on adhesion and adhesives29 is very interesting. Newer books have emerged recently on structural adhesives30, on particle adhesion,31 and on the energetics of adhesion mechanics.32
This is the first book on adhesion to attempt to give an overall picture.