Role of a micro-patterned adhesive interface on the performance of thermoformable multi-layered decorative polymeric film laminates

The influence of micro-patterning the adhesive interface of decorative films was studied to improve their formability in emerging in-mold forming technologies. The formability of a model polycarbonate (PC) based film/substrate laminate system at elevated temperature was tested using different pressure sensitive adhesives and different micro-scaled patterns. The contact morphology established by the adhesive to the film and sheet substrate …