Njengesisekelo esibalulekile ekukhiqizeni kwanamuhla, izinto zokunamathela ezimbonini zidlala indima ebalulekile emikhakheni eminingi. Bafinyelela ukuxhumana okuqinile phakathi kwezinto ngokusebenzisa amandla e-intermolecular noma i-chemical bonding, ukwenza lula izinqubo zokukhiqiza nokuthuthukisa kakhulu ukusebenza komkhiqizo nokuthembeka.
Ekuhlanganeni kwesakhiwo, izinto ezinamathelayo zezimboni zingathatha indawo yezindlela zokubopha ezivamile (ezifana nokushisela nokufaka i-riveting), zinikeze-izixazululo eziqinile zokuhlanganisa izinto ezingasindi njengezinhlanganisela nama-alloys e-aluminium. Isibonelo, ku-aerospace, okunamathelayo kusetshenziselwa ukuhlanganisa izikhumba zamaphiko namafreyimu, ukunciphisa isisindo sesakhiwo ngenkathi kuvimbela ukugxila kwengcindezi nokukhathala kwensimbi. Embonini yezimoto, ama-epoxy resins kanye ne-polyurethane adhesives asetshenziswa kakhulu ekuvaleni umzimba nasekushayekeni, kuthuthukisa kakhulu ukuphepha kwemoto nokungagqwali.
Izinto ezinamathelayo ezisebenzayo ziqhubeka nokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwazo kwezimboni. Izinto ezinamathelayo ezisetshenziswayo zixhuma ama-chips kuma-substrates emaphaketheni e-elekthronikhi kuyilapho futhi zihlinzeka ngosekelo lwemishini. Ama-adhesives e-thermal conductive ahlakaza ngempumelelo ukushisa okuvela kumadivayisi kagesi, aqinisekisa ukusebenza okuzinzile. Emkhakheni wezokwelapha, ama-adhesives e-biocompatible asetshenziswa njengezinye izindlela zokunciphisa amanxeba, ukunciphisa ukuhlukumezeka kwesibili ezigulini. Ngaphezu kwalokho,{4}}izinto ezinamathelayo ezimelana nezinga lokushisa eliphezulu{5}}ezinamathelayo zisebenza kahle kakhulu ekulungiseni ingxenye yenjini kanye{6}}nokuhlanganiswa kwempahla yezinga lokushisa eliphezulu, ezihlangabezana nezidingo zezimo zokusebenza ezinzima.
Ngokombono osebenza kahle wokukhiqiza, inqubo yokunamathisela enamathelayo ezenzakalelayo ifinyeza kakhulu isikhathi sokuhlanganisa futhi inciphise izindleko zabasebenzi. Izici zayo zokuhlanganisa ezivumelana nezimo nazo zivimbela ukudlidliza nokushaqeka, kunweba impilo yomkhiqizo. Ukugqugquzelwa kwamanzi anobungani bemvelo-asekelwe kanye ne-UV{3}}okunamathelayo okwelaphayo kuhambisana nokuthambekela ekukhiqizeni okuluhlaza.
Kafushane, izinto zokunamathela ezimbonini aziyona nje indlela yokuxhuma izinto zokwakha kodwa futhi ziwubuchwepheshe obuyisisekelo bokuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwezimboni. Ngokuthuthuka kwesayensi yezinto zokwakha, izinto zokunamathisela zizokhombisa inani elingenakushintshwa emikhakheni ethuthuke kakhulu neziyinkimbinkimbi, okuqhubekisela phambili ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zezimboni kufinyelele ekusebenzeni okuhle kakhulu nasekuhlakanipheni.