Polyvinylamine-phenylboronic acid adhesion to cellulose hydrogel.

Pairs of wet, regenerated cellulose films were laminated with polyvinylamine derivatized with phenylboronic acid (PVAm-PBA), and the forces required to delaminate the never-dried laminates were measured as functions of adhesive structure and application conditions. The greatest wet adhesion was obtained with 150 kDa PVAm, with 16% of the amines bearing phenylboronic moieties. The pH at which the PVAm-PBA was adsorbed onto the cellulose was the dominant process parameter.