Abstract: A dry adhesive article comprising: (i) a substrate comprising a primary surface and (ii) a layer of nanofibers disposed on the primary surface of the substrate in a random orientation, the layer comprising a polyacrylate block copolymer; wherein, the layer of nanofibers exhibit pressure-sensitive adhesion.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyvinal aromate-polydiene-block copolymer-based adhesive compounds that contain at least one type of a cationically curable reactive resin and that result, when cured, in improved thermal shear strength. The invention further relates to adhesive strips that contain at least one layer of such an adhesive compound, and a method of production.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive compound comprising at least two components forming one phase each, from which an IPN with at least two phases is produced by a cross-linking build-up reaction, the first phase having at least a softening point temperature of less than 23° C., and the second phase, after the build up reaction, having a softening temperature of greater than 23° C., the two phases having a morphology of a cross-linked nanoparticle network after the build-up reaction.

Abstract: Release liners and methods protect one or more adhesives, wherein the release liners and/or methods comprise at least one abhesive release layer and at least one layer of a getter material capable of sorbing at least one permeable substance, wherein the getter material is at least one substance selected from the group consisting of lithium, beryllium, boron, sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, nickel, zinc, gallium, germanium, cadmium, indium, caesium, barium, boron oxide, calcium oxide, chromium oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, copper oxide, silver oxide, indium oxide, barium oxide, lead oxide and mixtures of two or more of the above substances.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive compound comprising at least two components forming one phase each, from which an IPN with at least two phases is produced by a cross-linking build-up reaction, the first phase having at least a softening point temperature of less than 23° C., and the second phase, after the build up reaction, having a softening temperature of greater than 23° C., the two phases having a morphology of a cross-linked nanoparticle network after the build-up reaction.

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: Composite made of two substrates for use for optical, electronic and/or precision-engineered equipment, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate and, arranged so as to connect the first substrate to the second substrate, an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an adhesive which has, relative to the mixture, (a) from 60% by weight to 90% by weight of a first polymer component based on polyacrylate and (b) from 10% by weight to 40% by weight of a second polymer component based on elastomers, where the second polymer component is essentially not miscible with the first polymer component, so that the adhesive is present in at least two separate phases in the adhesive layer.

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: Release liners and methods protect one or more adhesives, wherein the release liners and/or methods comprise at least one abhesive release layer and at least one layer of a getter material capable of sorbing at least one permeable substance, wherein the getter material is at least one substance selected from the group consisting of lithium, beryllium, boron, sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, nickel, zinc, gallium, germanium, cadmium, indium, caesium, barium, boron oxide, calcium oxide, chromium oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, copper oxide, silver oxide, indium oxide, barium oxide, lead oxide and mixtures of two or more of the above substances

Abstract: In the case of a liner for the protection of adhesives, the protective effect is to be enhanced in respect of permeates originating from the environment and also permeates included during winding or stacking and other processing steps. This enhancement is accomplished through provision of a liner which comprises at least one adhesive release layer and at least one layer of a getter material capable of sorbing at least one permeable substance.

Abstract: Liner for protecting adhesives with respect to permeates originating from the surroundings or included during winding, stacking or other process steps, having at least one non-stick release layer and at least one getter material that is able to absorb at least one substance capable of permeation, the getter material being contained as a dispersed phase in at least one layer of the liner.

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: 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: 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: Composite made of two substrates for use for optical, electronic and/or precision-engineered equipment, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate and, arranged so as to connect the first substrate to the second substrate, an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises an adhesive which has, relative to the mixture, (a) from 60% by weight to 90% by weight of a first polymer component based on polyacrylate and (b) from 10% by weight to 40% by weight of a second polymer component based on elastomers, where the second polymer component is essentially not miscible with the first polymer component, so that the adhesive is present in at least two separate phases in the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A heating element including a current conductor through which electric power is conducted and electricity converted into heat by a voltage drop across an ohmic resistor. The heating element is a planar or a strip-shaped structure and is provided with at least one support layer and an adhesive layer, while the current conductor is designed as an additional, current-conducting layer which is arranged between the support layer and the adhesive layer. The support layer, the current-conducting layer, and the adhesive layer are transparent.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive compound comprising at least two components forming one phase each, from which an IPN with at least two phases is produced by a cross-linking build-up reaction, the first phase having at least a softening point temperature of less than 23° C., and the second phase, after the build up reaction, having a softening temperature of greater than 23° C., the two phases having a morphology of a cross-linked nanoparticle network after the build-up reaction.

Abstract: Liner for protecting adhesives with respect to permeates originating from the surroundings or included during winding, stacking or other process steps, having at least one non-stick release layer and at least one getter material that is able to absorb at least one substance capable of permeation, the getter material being contained as a dispersed phase in at least one layer of the liner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for marking or inscribing a workpiece (3) with high-energy radiation, more particularly with a laser beam (1), the workpiece (3) having a light-scattering surface (9) and the material of the workpiece (3) being transparent for the radiation wavelength, and a polymer matrix (7) being disposed on the workpiece (3) in such a way that the radiation passes through the workpiece (3) and its light-scattering surface (9) before impinging on the polymer matrix (7), characterized in that the light-scattering surface (9) of the workpiece (3) is wetted with a liquid or viscoelastic medium (11).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive based on at least one polymer, in the course of which said at least one polymer is crosslinked, the polymer having functional groups Y and having been admixed, further, with at least one kind of functionalized particles which have at least one nonpolymeric base unit, wherein the particles having a surface modification of the base unit, the surface modification of the particles having at least one kind of functional groups X, and the crosslinking of the polymer being brought about at least in part by a reaction of the functional groups X of the particles and the functional groups Y of the polymer, and further to pressure-sensitive adhesives based on at least one crosslinked polymer component, the crosslinking of the polymer component being brought about at least in part by incorporation of the functionalized particles, the particles having at least one nonpolymeric base unit and also a surface modification of this base unit, and the