Incorporation of an Adhesion Promoter in a Structural Adhesive: Aspects of Durability and Interface Chemistry

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• The Royal Society is acknowledged for the provision of a University Research Fellowship to M-LA. The authors thank Nigel Porrit (QinetiQ), Steve Greaves, and Andrew Brown for their help in setting up the mechanical testing and XPS and SEM experiments, respectively.
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• Presented in part at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Inc., held in Wilmington, NC, USA, 15–18 February 2004.
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