GPC traces of the polymers obtained in THF by three consecutive additions of BCA ([a] at 25 °C, [c] at 60 °C), ECA [d], MECA [e], and BCA + ECA + BCA [f] at 60 °C. Applying cyanoacrylate to some natural materials such as cotton ( jeans, cotton swabs, cotton balls, and certain yarns or fabrics), or leather or wool results in a powerful, rapid, exothermic reaction. Because the presence of moisture causes the glue to set, exposure to normal levels of humidity in the air causes a thin skin to start to form within seconds, which very greatly slows the reaction; hence, cyanoacrylates are applied as thin coats to ensure that the reaction proceeds rapidly for bonding.

The developed fingerprints are, on most surfaces (except on white plastic or similar), visible to the naked eye.A freshly distilled monomer and pure initiator were required to avoid the presence of oligomers in the final polymer.

A cyanoacrylate spray was used in the Vietnam War to reduce bleeding in wounded soldiers until they could be taken to a hospital. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. The hybridoborate anion, [HB(C 6F 5) 3 −], as the counterion of metallacyclic cations, has been previously proposed to catalyze the polymerization of conjugated polar alkenes, not including cyanoacrylates, by an H-shuttling mechanism in a non-controlled manner, a role completely different to that proposed in this work.Homopolymers could be prepared by successive additions of monomers as could be block copolymers, and in all cases with narrow polydispersities. A surface insensitive cyanoacrylate is specially formulated to react quicker and in more extreme situations, on active and inactive surfaces, and in very dry climates, with paper, glass or leather substrates.