Single-sided adhesive tapes consist of a backing coated on one side with an adhesive.
The backing is thin and flexible and may be made from various materials: paper, metal foil (aluminium, copper, lead…), polyester, cloth, polyethylene, PVC, PTFE Teflon®, polyimide (Kapton®)… It can also be made of several kind of foams (EPDM, PE, PU…).
The backing is coated with an adhesive selected from one of the three main families: rubber, acrylic or silicone.