Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on (co)polymers of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof which has an at least two-phase domain structure and also an outgassing level of less than 10 ?g/g, based on the weight of the composition, when measured by the tesa method.

Abstract: Polyacrylates obtainable by thermal crosslinking of a polymer mixture comprising the following components: a) a polyacrylate copolymer of the following monomers a1) acrylates and/or methacrylates of the following formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOR2), ?where R2?H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1-20 carbon atoms, at 65-99% by weight, based on a), a2) olefinically unsaturated monomers containing functional groups, at 0-15% by weight, based on a), a3) acrylates and/or methacrylates whose alcohol component contains tert-butoxycarbonyl (BOC) and/or hydroxyl groups, at 1-20% by weight, based on a), at 80-99.8% by weight, based on the polymer mixture, b) a polymerization regulating photoinitiator at 0.1-15% by weight, based on the polymer mixture, c) difunctional isocyanate and/or difunctional epoxide at 0.1-5% by weight, based on the polymer mixture.

Abstract: The use of a pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising self-crosslinking acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive for the adhesive bonding of printing plates, in particular to printing cylinders and/or printing sleeves.

Abstract: A process for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, characterized in that polyacrylates which are functionalized at least on one part of their chain ends by photoinitiator groups X are exposed to actinic radiation, so that a direct linking reaction of the polyacrylates takes place.

Abstract: Method for increasing the molecular weight of polyacrylates, in which polyacrylates, functionalized at least in part of their chain ends by functional groups X, are reacted with a compound having at least functional groups Y capable of linking reactions with functional groups X.

Abstract: A process for preparing an anisotropic pressure sensitive adhesive, characterized in that it comprises crosslinking an already pre-oriented polymer based on acrylate and/or methacrylate by irradiation with UV light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a repulpable pressure-sensitive adhesive. Provision is made for the repulpable pressure-sensitive adhesive to comprise at least one polyacrylate-based block copolymer.

Abstract: A UV-transparent pressure sensitive adhesive comprising

Abstract: Process for preparing UV crosslinkable acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives, which comprises reacting polyacrylates in the melt with UV-photoactive substances in a hotmelt process in a polymer-analogous reaction, the UV-photoactive substances being able to absorb radiation energy and transfer it to a reaction system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), in particular an acrylic hotmelt PSA, featuring low shrinkback after extrusion coating, to a process for preparing it, and to its use for producing PSA tapes.

Abstract: A process for crosslinking polyacrylate compositions, wherein, by selective irradiation of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition with electron beams, the polymer is cured only in certain structures and, as a result, structured pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions can be prepared.

Abstract: Process for preparing a UV-transparent pressure sensitive adhesive which has a UV transparency at 300 nm of more than 95% comprising:

Abstract: The invention relates to a flame-retardant and substantially solvent-free pressure-sensitive adhesive, to a process for preparing it and to its use for pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes.

Abstract: Moulding composed of one or more block copolymers based on polyacrylate or mixtures comprising such block copolymers, characterized by inherent pressure-sensitive adhesion properties.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyacrylates, characterized in that the monomer mixture for preparing the polyacrylates is composed of at least 70% by weight of at least one acrylic monomer of the general formula where R1 is H or CH3 and R2 is H or an alkyl chain having 1-20 carbon atoms, the monomers are polymerized in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator by free-radical polymerization with at least one thioester as polymerization regulator, the average molecular weight of the polyacrylates is in the range from 250,000 g/mol to 1,000,000 g/mol, and the molecular weight distribution of the polyacrylates, Mw/Mn, is <4.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyacrylic hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesives, which comprises the following steps: (a) compounding an acrylic hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesive containing at least one functional group X, having a solvent content of not more than 0.5% by weight and a molecular mass MW of from 100,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol, with at least one chemical substance R—Y containing at least one functional group Y, said at least one functional group X and said at least one functional group Y being chosen such that they are capable of undergoing a coupling reaction with one another, (b) treating the compound in a reactor with a mixing apparatus at a specific drive energy of not more than 0.09 kWh/kg and at a temperature of from 80 to 200° C., (c) transferring the self-adhesive composition thus treated to a downstream coating unit, and applying it from the melt to a backing material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an initiator system for radical polymerizations, which is characterized in that a combination of compounds of general formulas (I) and (II) is used, wherein: R′, R″, R′″ and R″″, are selected independently of one another, and represent; a) branched and unbranched C1 to C18 alkyl radicals, C3 to C18 alkenyl radicals, C3 to C18 alkynyl radical; b) C1 to C18 alkyl radicals, C3 to C18 alkenyl radicals, C3 to C18 alkynyl radicals, which are all substituted for at least one OH group or for a halogen atom or for a silyl ether; c) C2-C18 hetero-alkyl radicals having at least one O atom and/or an NR group in the carbon chain, whereby R is selected from one of groups a), b) or d) to g); d) C1-C18 alkyl radicals, C3-C18 alkenyl radicals, C3-C18 alkynyl radical, which are all substituted for at least one ester group, amine group, carbonate group and/or epoxy group and/or for sulfur and/or for sulfur compounds, especially thioether or dithio compounds; e) C3-C12

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive based on block copolymers, said block copolymers having at least one unit composed of three successive polymer blocks comprising alternating polymer blocks P(A) and P(B), wherein P(A) has a softening temperature of from −80° C. to 0° C., and is comprised of at least one acrylic or methacrylic acid derivative of the general formula CH2═CH(RI)(COORII)  (I)  and at least one acrylated monomer of the general formula CH2═CH(RIII)(COORIV)  (II), and P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block having a softening temperature of from 20° C. to 175° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) and P(B) are not homogeneously miscible with each other.

Abstract: Strippable systems comprising at least one pressure sensitive adhesive based on at least one block copolymer, wherein said at least one block copolymer is based at least in part on (meth)acrylic acid derivatives, the block copolymers containing at least the unit P(A)-P(B)-P(A) composed of at least one polymer block P(B) and at least two polymer blocks P(A), where P(A) independently of one another represent homopolymer or copolymer blocks of monomers A, the polymer blocks P(A) each having a softening temperature in the range from +20° C. to +175° C., P(B) represents a homopolymer or copolymer block of monomers B, the polymer block P(B) having a softening temperature in the range from −100° C. to +10° C., and the polymer blocks P(A) and P(B) are not homogeneously miscible with one another.

Abstract: A polyacrylate pressure sensitive adhesive, having an average molecular weight Mw (weight average) of from 100 000 to 600 000 g/mol a polydispersity of not more than 3.0 copolymerized photoinitiator units, and a process for preparing a UV-crosslinkable polyacrylate pressure sensitive adhesive having a polydispersity of not more 3.0, comprising a radical polymerization process for preparing a polymer from a monomer mixture, the monomer mixture to be polymerized comprising copolymerizable photoinitiators, the polymerization process being regulated by the presence of at least one chemical compound comprising the unit in which X is S, O or N as polymerization regulator.