Abstract: This invention relates to a composite construction for use as a label or a tape to be adhered to a second substrate comprising a rubber-based material (e.g., vehicular tire), said composite construction comprising: a first substrate (e.g., paper, polymer film or combination thereof), said first substrate having a face side and an underside opposite said face side; an adhesive layer; and a barrier layer adhered to the underside of said first substrate and positioned between said first substrate and said adhesive layer, said barrier layer comprising a radiation cured acrylated epoxy derived from at least one acrylated epoxy oligomer and at least one reactive diluent selected from N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-vinylcaprolactam, said barrier layer being substantially impervious to migratory components in said adhesive layer and said second substrate. In one embodiment, a release liner is adhered to the adhesive layer. In one embodiment, the composite construction is adhered to the second substrate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a curable coating composition which comprises: (A) a compound represented by the formula wherein in formula (A-I) each R independently is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to about 8 carbon atoms, and n is a number that is about 4 or higher; and (B) a reactive vinyl or unsaturated monomer or oligomer, provided said reactive vinyl or unsaturated monomer or oligomer is not the same as (A). In one embodiment the inventive composition further comprises (C) a photoinitiator. In one embodiment, the inventive composition further comprises (D) a thermal initiator. In one embodiment, the inventive composition further comprises (E) a latent acid catalyst. The invention also relates to a method of coating a substrate utilizing the foregoing coating composition, as well as to a substrate coated in accordance with foregoing method.

Abstract: This invention relates release compositions that comprise a radiation curable polyorganosiloxane and cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of about 15 to about 100 microns and an average fiber thickness in the range of about 5 to about 40 microns. This invention also relates to a method of making a release coated substrate comprising coating a substrate with the foregoing release coating composition and curing the coating by exposing it to radiation. This invention relates to release coated articles made by the foregoing method. The invention also relates to multilayered articles comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, the foregoing release composition which has been cured by exposure to radiation, and a pressure sensitive adhesive, the release composition being adhered to the first substrate, the pressure sensitive adhesive being adhered to the second substrate, and the release composition and the pressure sensitive adhesive being adhered to each other.