Design and Synthesis of Structured Latex Particles for Enhancing the Performance of Water-Borne Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Andrew Foster, P.A. Lovell, Michael Rabjohns

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    Abstract

    Structured particle pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) latexes have been synthesized by sequential emulsion polymn., thus enabling the mechanism of film formation to be used to advantage in controlling the sub-micron and nanoscale morphol. of the PSA films formed from the latexes. The strategy was to produce structured particles with a soft copolymer core designed for high adhesion and a soft copolymer shell that could be crosslinked during film formation to provide a continuous phase of higher cohesive strength within the PSA film. Through careful design of the structured particles and manipulation of fundamental parameters known to modify adhesive performance, it has been possible to relate chem. and particle design parameters to adhesive performance and, hence, to define principles for enhancing the performance of water-borne PSAs. [on SciFinder(R)]
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)788-789
    Number of pages2
    JournalPMSE Preprints
    Volume99
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • structured latex particle pressure sensitive adhesive design synthesis

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