Adhesive failure peak in peel spectra

Peel force spectra for pressure‐sensitive adhesive tapes provide a peel peak in the adhesive failure region. The observed peak behavior is coincident with calculation based on a viscoelastic peel model. It turns out that the origin of the peak is significantly associated with viscoelasticity or short relaxation time of the adhesive. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 264–266, 1999