Host: The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
Adhesion is an interfacial phenomenon that is a critical technology for assembling carbon structural composites for next-generation aircraft and automobiles. Despite this importance, we have a limited understanding of adhesion down to the molecular level because of the difficulty in revealing the individual multiple bonding factors. Using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy, we show the physical and chemical states of an adhesive interface. We observed multiscale phenomena in the adhesion mechanisms, which provide a benchmark for further research to examine how physical and chemical states correlate with adhesion.
