Polyacrylates with High Biomass Contents for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Prepared via Mini-emulsion Polymerization

Gang Pu; Matthew R. Dubay; Jiguang Zhang; Steven J. Severtson; Carl J. Houtman

doi:10.1021/ie301492v

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Polyacrylates with High Biomass Contents for Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Prepared via Mini-emulsion Polymerization

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Authors:

Gang Pu, Matthew R. Dubay, Jiguang Zhang, Steven J. Severtson, Carl J. Houtman

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1021/ie301492v

Source:

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Volume 51, 2012; pp. 12145-12149.

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Abstract

n-Butyl acrylate and other acrylic monomers were copolymerized with an acrylated macromonomer to produce polymers for pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) applications. Macromonomers were generated through the ring-opening copolymerization of L-lactide and ε-caprolactone with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) at an average molar composition of 5:4:1, respectively. Conversion in the mini-emulsion polymerization was followed using Raman spectroscopy and was nearly complete within 2 h. Testing of these adhesive polymers indicates that performance properties meet or exceed those of commercial water-based acrylic PSAs.

Keywords

pressure sensitive adhesive, surfactant, migration

Citation

Pu, Gang; Dubay, Matthew R.; Zhang, Jiguang; Severtson, Steven J.; Houtman, Carl J. 2012. Polyacrylates with high biomass contents for pressure-sensitive adhesives prepared via mini-emulsion polymerization. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 51: 12145-12149.