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: 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.