Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding printing plates comprises one or more poly(meth)acrylates in a combined mass fraction of 50% or more and preparable by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising, based on the mass of the monomer composition: i) one or more first monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, dimethylacrylamide, hydroxybutyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and hydroxyethyl acrylate in a combined mass fraction in the range from 10%-20%, and ii) one or more second monomers selected from (meth)acrylic esters of the formula (I), CH2?CR1—C(O)O—CHR2R3 (I), where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, where either i) R2 is hydrogen and R3 is a branched alkyl group having 16-20 carbon atoms, or ii) R2 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 3-10 carbon atoms and R3 a linear or branched alkyl group having 6-10 carbon atoms, in a combined mass fraction in the range from 20%-90%.

Abstract: Crosslinkable adhesive compound comprising at least a first base polymer component having functional groups suitable for covalent crosslinking and for coordinative crosslinking, and comprising at least one covalent crosslinker and at least one coordinative crosslinker, wherein the coordinative crosslinker is present in molar excess in relation to the covalent crosslinker.

Abstract: A repulpable pressure-sensitive adhesive useful on polar and apolar papers and storage-stable comprises a polymer whose parent monomer composition comprises: a) 10 to 30 wt % of at least one compound of the formula (I) CH2?CH—C(O)NR1R2??(I), wherein R1 is an unsubstituted alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group or an acetonyl radical and R2 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, an acetonyl radical or an aminoalkyl group; b) 60 to 80 wt % of at least one compound of the formula (II) CH2?CH—C(O)O—(CH2)2—O—R3??(II), wherein R3 is an unsubstituted alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group or a (polyalkoxy)alkyl group; and c) 0.5 to 10 wt % of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and (C2-C4 hydroxyalkyl) acrylates. Also disclosed is an adhesive tape comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive, and use of the pressure-sensitive adhesive and/or the adhesive tape for producing water-soluble bonds.

Abstract: Crosslinkable adhesive compound comprising at least a first base polymer component having functional groups suitable for covalent crosslinking and for coordinative crosslinking, and comprising at least one covalent crosslinker and at least one coordinative crosslinker, wherein the coordinative crosslinker is present in molar excess in relation to the covalent crosslinker.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives, adhesive tapes, and methods enable high bond strengths on non-polar or rough substrates. The pressure-sensitive adhesives and methods comprise (a) at least one poly(meth)acrylate, (b) at least one resin A selected from colophony resins and terpene-phenolic resins, (c) at least one hydrocarbon resin B1 having a softening point of greater than 50° C., and (d) at least one hydrocarbon resin B2 having a softening point of less than or equal to 25° C. The adhesive tapes comprise one or more layers of the pressure-sensitive adhesives, and the methods may produce adhesive bonds on substrates with low surface energy and/or on substrates with a mean roughness of at least 5 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive tape which can be used in particular in a method for connecting two fiber-reinforced plastic components, comprising a carrier material made of polyethylene, wherein a polyacrylate-based self-adhesive compound is applied to one side of the carrier material, said adhesive compound can be reduced to the following reactant mixture containing monomers having the following composition: A1) acrylic acid ester, and/or methacrylic acid ester of the following formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOR2), wherein R1=H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1 to 14 carbon atoms at a proportion of between 65 to 98 wt. %, A2) acrylates and/or methacrylates whose alcohol component contains at least one primary hydroxyl- or carboxyl-group, and/or with acrylate-copolymerizable vinyl compounds containing the at least one primary hydroxyl or carboxyl group at a proportion of between 1 to 20 wt.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising at least 60 wt % of a polymer blend, where the polymer blend consists of a first polymer component A, a second polymer component B, and optionally one or more further polymer components (C, D, . . . ), where the first polymer component A is present at not less than x wt % in the polymer blend, where 90?x?99, and where the second polymer component B and any further polymer components C, D, . . . present are present in total at y wt % in the polymer blend, where y=100?x, where each polymer component (A, B, C, . . . ) derives to an extent of at least 60 wt % from (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein none of the polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ) is homogeneously miscible at room temperature with any of the other polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ), and so a multi-phase system is present.

Abstract: End-group-functionalized oligomers with controlled degrees of functionality based on styrene are produced by reacting the monomer with a regulator by means of free-radical polymerization. At least some of the quantity of regulator is added according to a prescribed program so that at every juncture t the value of the quantitative fraction added up to said juncture does not fall short of the value of the respective conversion U(t) in the polymerization reaction at said juncture t by more than 5 percentage points and does not exceed said value U(t) by more than 5 percentage points.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive tape which can be used in particular in a method for connecting two fiber-reinforced plastic components, comprising a carrier material made of polyethylene, wherein a polyacrylate-based self-adhesive compound is applied to one side of the carrier material, said adhesive compound can be reduced to the following reactant mixture containing monomers having the following composition: A1) acrylic acid ester, and/or methacrylic acid ester of the following formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOR2), wherein R1=H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1 to 14 carbon atoms at a proportion of between 65 to 98 wt. %, A2) acrylates and/or methacrylates whose alcohol component contains at least one primary hydroxyl- or carboxyl-group, and/or with acrylate-copolymerizable vinyl compounds containing the at least one primary hydroxyl or carboxyl group at a proportion of between 1 to 20 wt.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives and methods, for bonding flexible printing plates, comprising at least one adhesive component comprising at least one polymer component based on a monomer mixture comprising at least one of the following monomers: at least one acrylic ester; at least one methacrylic ester; acrylic acid; and methacrylic acid. The pressure-sensitive adhesives further comprise 1 to 30 wt %, based on the overall blend of the at least one adhesive component without solvent, of a polyvinyl acetate.

Abstract: The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive material which contains as a base polymer at least one or more solid acrylonitrile butadiene rubbers and adhesive resins, wherein the proportion of adhesive resins is in the range from 30 to 130 phr, characterized in that the acrylonitrile content in the solid acrylonitrile butadiene rubber(s) is between 10 and 30 percent by weight.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives and methods, for bonding flexible printing plates, comprising at least one adhesive component comprising at least one polymer component based on a monomer mixture comprising at least one of the following monomers: at least one acrylic ester; at least one methacrylic ester; acrylic acid; and methacrylic acid. The pressure-sensitive adhesives further comprise 1 to 30 wt %, based on the overall blend of the at least one adhesive component without solvent, of a polyvinyl acetate.

Abstract: Crosslinked pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) based on polymers of branched macromolecules each comprising a main chain and one or more sidechains pendent to the main chain, the constitutional units thereof originating from a) X wt % of one or more acrylic and/or methacrylic esters, with 80<=X<=99.5; b) Y wt % of radically copolymerizable monomers having at least one acid function, with 0.5<=Y<=15; c) Z wt % of vinyl compounds, with 0<=Z<=5, at least one sidechain pendent to the main chain having a number-average molar mass >=1000 g/mol, and the respective amounts of constitutional units originating from a), b) and c) can be the same in each case or differ by not more than 1%, and where a), b) and c) may in each case be the same or different monomers, have detachment properties which can be set independently of one another.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising at least 60 wt % of a polymer blend, where the polymer blend consists of a first polymer component A, a second polymer component B, and optionally one or more further polymer components (C, D, . . . ), where the first polymer component A is present at not less than x wt % in the polymer blend, where 90?x?99, and where the second polymer component B and any further polymer components C, D, . . . present are present in total at y wt % in the polymer blend, where y=100?x, where each polymer component (A, B, C, . . . ) derives to an extent of at least 60 wt % from (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein none of the polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ) is homogeneously miscible at room temperature with any of the other polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ), and so a multi-phase system is present.

Abstract: The intention is to provide a thermally crosslinkable, polyacrylate-based composition which can be processed from the melt and is distinguished by long pot life and by rapid and complete or near-complete crosslinkability even at relatively low temperatures, which can be processed to a pressure-sensitive adhesive. This aim is accomplished with a composition which comprises a) at least one crosslinkable poly(meth)acrylate; b) at least one organosilane conforming to the formula (1) R1—Si(OR2)nR3m??(1), in which R1 is a radical containing a cyclic ether function, the radicals R2 independently of one another are each an alkyl or acyl radical, R3 is a hydroxyl group or an alkyl radical, n is 2 or 3 and m is the number resulting from 3-n; and c) at least one substance accelerating the reaction of the crosslinkable poly(meth)acrylate with the cyclic ether functions. The patent application further provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive obtainable from the composition.

Abstract: Acrylate-based oligomers having double-bond end-group-functionalization are produced by means of free-radical polymerization where, in a first step, a monomer mixture of an acrylate component and an aromatic component is reacted with use of a difunctional regulator, the molar quantity of monomer mixture to that of regulator being from 100:20 to 100:0.5 and the polymerization is continued until monomer conversion reaches at least 96%. In a second step, the resultant macromolecules are reacted, in the reactor in which the polymerization was conducted, with at least one compound Z which has a functional group and has an ethylenic doule bond, and at least that portion of the compound Z that contains the ethylenic double bond becomes linked to the macromolecules via reaction of one of the functional groups of the difunctional regulator with the functional group of the compound Z.

Abstract: Crosslinked pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) based on polymers of branched macromolecules each comprising a main chain and one or more sidechains pendent to the main chain, the constitutional units thereof originating from a) X wt % of one or more acrylic and/or methacrylic esters, with 80<=X<=99.5; b) Y wt % of radically copolymerizable monomers having at least one acid function, with 0.5<=Y<=15; c) Z wt % of vinyl compounds, with 0<=Z<=5, at least one sidechain pendent to the main chain having a number-average molar mass >=1000 g/mol, and the respective amounts of constitutional units originating from a), b) and c) can be the same in each case or differ by not more than 1%, and where a), b) and c) may in each case be the same or different monomers, have detachment properties which can be set independently of one another.

Abstract: End-group-functionalized oligomers with controlled degrees of functionality based on styrene are produced by reacting the monomer with a regulator by means of free-radical polymerization. At least some of the quantity of regulator is added according to a prescribed program so that at every juncture t the value of the quantitative fraction added up to said juncture does not fall short of the value of the respective conversion U(t) in the polymerization reaction at said juncture t by more than 5 percentage points and does not exceed said value U(t) by more than 5 percentage points.