Curable precursor of a thermally-conductive adhesive composition

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a curable precursor of an adhesive composition, comprising: a) a (meth)acrylate-based (co)polymer base component comprising the free-radical (co)polymerization reaction product of a (co)polymerizable material comprising: i. C-Cacrylic acid ester monomer units; ii. optionally, C-Cmethacrylic acid ester monomer units; and iii. optionally, ethylenically unsaturated monomer units having a functional group and which are copolymerizable with monomer units (i) and/or (ii); b) a crosslinker for the (meth)acrylate-based (co)polymer base component, which comprises at least one acid-functional group derived from phosphoric acid and at least one free-radical (co)polymerizable reactive group; c) a polyether oligomer having a number average molecular weight of at least 2000 g/mol and which comprises at least one free-radical (co)polymerizable reactive group; and d) a thermally conductive particulate material. According to another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a curing system suitable for such curable precursor. According to still another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing such curable precursor. In yet another aspect, the disclosure relates to the use of such curable precursor for industrial applications, in particular for thermal management applications in the automotive industry.