Manipulation of chain transfer agent and cross-linker concentration to modify the performance of fluorinated acrylate latex pressure sensitive adhesive

Author(s):  
Cheng Fang ◽  
Zining Liu ◽  
Xinbao Zhu ◽  
Yunfeng Cao ◽  
Xiaohong Dong
Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2879
Author(s):  
Irene Márquez ◽  
Núria Paredes ◽  
Felipe Alarcia ◽  
José Ignacio Velasco

Currently, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) are used in more than 80% of all labels in the market today. They do not require any heat, solvent, or water to activate: It only takes light pressure to apply them to a product surface. Many products that come in glass bottles need labels that have staying power in harsh conditions. For that reason, it is necessary to have a good balance between all the polymer adhesive properties. In this study is described how adhesive properties of water-based PSA were affected by varying the amount of functional monomer acrylic acid (AA) and chain transfer agent, tert-dodecyl mercaptan (TDM). Four series of PSA were prepared by emulsion polymerization. Within each polymer series, the AA monomer proportion was held constant between 0.5 and 3.0 phm, and the fraction of the chain transfer agent was varied 0.0 to 0.2 phm. The results showed that the gel content decreased with the increase of the chain transfer agent and with the reduction of AA. All adhesives properties (tack, peel, and shear resistance) improved with increasement of the AA monomer. The increase of chain transfer agent caused decrease of the gel content resulting in higher peel resistance and tack values, but lower shear resistance values.


TAPPI Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 631-639
Author(s):  
MOHAMMAD HADI ARYAIE MONFARED ◽  
HOSSEIN RESALATI ◽  
ALI GHASEMIAN ◽  
MARTIN A. HUBBE

This study investigated the addition of acrylic fiber to old corrugated container (OCC) pulp as a possible means of overcoming adverse effects of water-based pressure sensitive adhesives during manufacture of paper or paperboard. Such adhesives can constitute a main source of stickies, which hurt the efficiency of the papermaking process and make tacky spots in the product. The highest amount of acrylic fiber added to recycled pulps generally resulted in a 77% reduction in accepted pulp microstickies. The addition of acrylic fibers also increased pulp freeness, tear index, burst strength, and breaking length, though there was a reduction in screen yield. Hence, in addition to controlling the adverse effects of stickies, the addition of acrylic fibers resulted in the improvement of the mechanical properties of paper compared with a control sample.


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