Biobased Adhesives: Sources, Characteristics, and Applications: Adhesion and Adhesives: Fundamental and Applied Aspects

Manfred Dunky, PhD, hasspent a 40-year career in the chemical and wood-based panels industry as a researcher and consultant. During the last 25 years he has placed an emphasis on adhesives based on natural resources. Besides his industry career, in 2000 he received his habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification) for "Wood Science with special consideration of wood-based panels" and was a lecturer at several universities. He is an invited speaker at many regularly at wood science conferences. Kashmiri Lal Mittal was employed by the IBM Corporation from 1972 through 1993. Currently, he is teaching and consulting worldwide in the broad areas of adhesion as well as surface cleaning. He has received numerous awards and honors including the title of doctor honoris causa from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. He is the editor of more than 150 books dealing with adhesion measurement, adhesion of polymeric coatings, polymer surfaces, adhesive joints, adhesion promoters, thin films, polyimides, surface modification surface cleaning, and surfactants.