adhesion

synonym: tack
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11545
Attachment of interfaces between phases or components that is maintained by intermolecular forces, chain entanglements, or both.
Notes:
  1. Interfacial adhesion is also referred to as tack.
  2. Adhesive strength (recommended symbol: \(F_{\rm{a}}\), unit: \(\pu{N m^{-2}}\)) is the force required to separate one condensed phase domain from another at the interface between the two phase domains divided by the area of the interface.
  3. Interfacial tension (recommended symbol: \(\upgamma\), unit: \(\pu{N m^{-1}}\), \(\pu{J m^{-2}}\)) is the change in Gibbs energy per unit change in interfacial area for substances in physical contact.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1861. (Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1866 [Terms] [Paper]