Post-It notes don't have to be boring, square, and yellow any more: make your own sticky notes with any size and color paper with the Scotch Restickable Adhesive Glue Stick. Just apply the magic ...
Post-It Notes are small pieces of paper with a strip of adhesive along the top edge of its back side. Unlike other kinds of tape, the adhesive on Post-It Notes allows the paper to be stuck to surfaces ...
A Cal Poly laboratory has partnered with a Boston-based company to collaborate on a new, eco-friendly glue, according to a university news release. Cal Poly chemistry professor Philip Costanzo and ...
In 1968 Spencer Silver (PhDA&S’66), a senior chemist at 3M’s Central Research Labs, developed a peculiar adhesive. Made out of tiny bubbles, it was strong enough to hold papers together but weak ...
Of the duo that created 3M’s now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness.
Sometimes, failure sticks better than success. In 1968, a scientist at 3M tried to invent one of the strongest adhesives ever made. Instead, he created one of the weakest. That so-called mistake would ...