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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
T Liem Ang, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Pressure sensitive adhesives that cure to a high cohesive strength at room and elevated temperatures, and a method for making such adhesives, are provided. The adhesives comprise an acrylic copolymer compounded with a pigment and a hydrogen-abstracting photoinitiator. A tackifier and/or multifunctional acrylate or methacrylate can also be added. The acrylic copolymer is prepared from a substantially acid-free monomer mixture of at least one alkyl acrylate and a tertiary amine-containing monomer, such as DMAPMA. Other monomers, including polar vinylic monomers and diesters of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids are, preferably, also included. Despite the presence of titanium dioxide or other pigments, the compounded copolymers are UV-cured to a high cohesive strength through the combination of tertiary amine functional groups and hydrogen-abstracting photoinitiators, which form synergistic pairs when irradiated, leading to free radical formation and polymer cross-linking. Unpigmented adhesives are also provided.