Preparation techniques of thin cyanoacrylate adhesive films for interface analysis

For understanding the interactions between adhesives and different surfaces, the in-situ characterization of the interface is essential. Especially for highly reactive cyanoacrylates, better known as instant adhesives, the adhesion mechanism is poorly understood because, among other things, the characterization of the interface is difficult. The objective of this work is to evaluate the methods of thermal evaporating and spin coating to produce nm-thin, homogeneous films of cyanoacrylate. The aim is to enable spectroscopic analysis of the interface in the future.