The phrase "adhesive substance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a material that is capable of sticking or bonding two surfaces together.
Example: "The adhesive substance used in this project ensures a strong bond between the materials."
Alternatives: "bonding agent" or "sticky material".
In turbellarians two major types of mesenchymal glands occur: one produces a slimy material upon which the organisms creep; the other secretes an adhesive substance for capture of prey, for adhesion, and for cementing egg capsules to a suitable surface.
Springtails also have a ventral abdominal, suckerlike tube (collaphore), which secretes a sticky, adhesive substance and also takes up water.
Glue, gelatin-like adhesive substance extracted from animal tissue, particularly hides and bones, or from fish, casein (milk solids), or vegetables.
Propolis is an adhesive substance which is collected and used by honeybees.
The hydrophobicity of microcubics made of biodegradable PCL enabled a bacterial absorption without any adhesive substance or chemical modification.
By flowing attenuated Salmonella typhimurium bacteria into the microfluidic channel, hydrophobicity of microparticles made of biodegradable polycaprolacton (PCL) enabled a quick bacterial absorption (<100 s) without any toxic adhesive substance or chemical modification.
Cement, in general, adhesive substances of all kinds, but, in a narrower sense, the binding materials used in building and civil engineering construction.
Many of these fungi secrete adhesive substances over the surface of their hyphae, causing a passing animal that touches any portion of the mycelium to adhere firmly to the hyphae.
Depending on the mode of using or combining these adhesive substances (acid, primer, and resin bond), different adhesive systems are present in the dentistry field.
Several factors may hamper one or more of these factors, such as the acidic substance concentration used for etching the substrate [23], the polarity of the adhesive substances applied over the demineralized tooth [24, 25], the complete or incomplete volatilization of any solvent retained in the adhesive layer [26], or the light source and intensity used for photo-activate the adhesive [12].
Chaudhari et al. [50] reported that AgNPs derived from B. megaterium showed enhanced quorum quenching activity against S. aureus biofilm and prevention of biofilm formation, and they suggested that AgNPs might be involved in neutralizing these adhesive substances thus preventing biofilm formation.
