Adhesive tape fulfills many purposes, from quickly fixing household appliances to ensuring a reliable seal on a mailed package. When using tape with a strong bond, removing it may only be possible by ...

What if you could make adhesives both strong and easily removable? This seemingly paradoxical combination of properties could dramatically change applications in robotic grasping, wearables for health ...

Engineers have designed a super-strong, detachable adhesive that may someday replace surgical sutures. Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick to ...

For a long time, people have been interested in adapting bioadhesive materials to replace sutures and staples for sealing tissues during minimally invasive surgical procedures. There are many ...