Cyanoacrylate polymers are commercially important materials as structural ad- hesives. They combine rapid curing and high strength and are widely used to bond a diverse range of substrate surfaces, including metals, ceramics, plastics, rubbers, and biologically derived materials. The corresponding monomers were first isolated in 1947 by Ardis at B. F. Goodrich (1). Subsequently, Eastman Ko- dak patented them as adhesive compositions in 1957 (2) and the first commer- cial adhesive formulation, based on methyl 2-cyanoacrylate, was introduced in 1958 (3).
