Abstract: Production of vinyl polymers by the polymerization of vinyl monomers in a planetary gear extruder.

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: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising organic fillers, obtainable by a process in which a thermal crosslinker is added in the melt to a polyacrylate copolymer (“polyacrylate”) based on acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters, at least a fraction of which contains primary hydroxyl groups, at least one organic filler has been or is added to the polyacrylate, the polyacrylate provided with the crosslinker and the filler is conveyed to a coating unit, where it is applied to a web-form coat of a further material and, following application, is homogeneously crosslinked, a process as outlined above, and adhesive tapes furnished with the pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive self-adhesive composition capable of compensating for substrate unevennesses comprises a base adhesive and an additive, wherein the additive is a microparticulate additive which is insoluble in the base adhesive, does not crosslink with the base adhesive and has a bulk density in the range from 0.05 g/cm3 to 0.25 g/cm3 and an averaged particle diameter in the micrometer range. Adhesive coatings and self-adhesive sheet structures formed from the pressure-sensitive self-adhesive composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A UV-crosslinkable polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polyacrylate having photoinitiator units incorporated therein by polymerization and being produced by a free-radical solvent-free polymerization process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive. It is envisaged that the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a heat-activatable pressure-sensitive adhesive which has a static glass transition temperature Tg,a or a melting point Tm,a of at least +30° C.; and the second layer being a polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive which has a static glass transition temperature of not more than +15° C.

Abstract: Use of a double-sided adhesive tape for fastening silicone rubbers, the adhesive tape having a backing and two layers of adhesive, the first layer of adhesive being composed of an acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive being composed of a crosslinked pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive.

Abstract: Method for the continuous polymerization of acrylic monomers to polyacrylates in an extruder and in the presence of polymerization regulators

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a polyacrylate prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising N-tert-butylacylamide, and subsequently mixing with a mono- or di-valent salt.

Abstract: Production of vinyl polymers by the polymerization of vinyl monomers in a planetary gear extruder.

Abstract: A UV-transparent pressure sensitive adhesive comprising (a) a copolymer of (a1) from 75 to 99.8% by weight of acrylic esters and/or methacrylic esters of the formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOR2), where R1 is H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (a2) from 0 to 10% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid of the formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOH), where R1 is H or CH3; (a3) from 0.2 to 5% by weight of olefinically unsaturated monomers which contain at least one UV-crosslinking functional group per monomer; and (a4) from 0 to 20% by weight of olefinically unsaturated monomers which contain at least one functional group per monomer; the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 300,000 g/mol and (b) from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of copolymer, of a silicate filler, the silicate filler having a maximum particle diameter of 50 nm; and having a residual solvent fraction of less than 1%, based on the pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Method for producing a polyacrylate adhesive compound by a hot-melt method in which a polyfunctional ?-cleaving initiator, which is present as an oligomer, is added to the polymer to be crosslinked prior to the hot-melt method and ultraviolet crosslinking is carried out after treatment in the hot-melt method.

Abstract: The invention relates to single- or double-sided anti-static self-adhesive strip, made from a support material with an electrically-conducting primer and a self-adhesive material layer, a supporting material, an electrically-conducting primer and two self-adhesive material layers or a support material, two electrically-conducting primers and two self-adhesive layers. The electrically conducting layer can comprise electrically-conducting particles, preferably made from metal, electrically-doped materials, or electrically-conducting polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive.

Abstract: A process for preparing pressure sensitive adhesives based on acrylate hotmelt, in which a monomer mixture including at least the following monomers (a) 70 to 100% by weight of compounds from the group of (meth)acrylic acid and the derivatives thereof corresponding to the following general formula is free-radically polymerized in solution wherein I. the polymerization is initiated using at least one dissociating photoinitiator and by irradiation with ultraviolet light, the photoinitiator being added to the monomer mixture before the beginning of the polymerization and/or to the reaction mixture in the course of the polymerization, II. the polyacrylate is freed from the solvent, III. the polyacrylate is processed further in the melt.

Abstract: Electrically heatable pressure-sensitive adhesive compound, comprising at least one adhesive constituent and at least one electrically conductive filler.

Abstract: Transparent acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a filler, the acrylate-pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a polyacrylate and particles of silicate and/or of silica gel. The particles of silicate and/or of silica gel have a size of not more than 50 nm. The acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive is prepared by a process in which acrylates and comonomers are polymerized in the presence of at least one organic solvent or in bulk, the particles of silicate and/or of silica gel being mixed in before or after the polymerization.

Abstract: Process for preparing crosslinked pressure ensitive adhesives, in which a plyacrylate is prepared by the free radical copolymericzation of a monomer mixture , the polyacrylate is then concentrated and the concentrated polyacrylate is reacted with further monomers having functional groups and subsequently crosslinking.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyacrylate which as a result of a polymerization process has a broad, bimodal molecular weight distribution. These acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesives are preferably processed from the melt. The low molecular weight fraction lowers the flow viscosity, while the high molecular weight fraction results in the achievement of a high shear strength, following appropriate crosslinking, for the acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: In a method of producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive article a thermally conductive acrylate-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive is coated within a hotmelt coating process in such a way, with stretching or drawing, onto a backing, that an anisotropic. thermally conductive layer is produced which has a shrinkback of at least 3% measured on the free pressure-sensitive adhesive film.