Abstract:
Composition blends are prepared that are hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesives. The composition blends include at least one olefinic block copolymer, at least one elastomeric polymer, and at least one tackifying resin. The composition blends may also include additional components, such as for example, at least one plasticizer. The composition blends can be used to prepare articles, such as tapes, by disposing the hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive blend composition on at least a portion of a substrate
Abstract:
Methods of reducing tack of edge faces of a roll of an adhesive coated substrate. The method includes reducing tack of the edge faces by subjecting the edge faces to a radiation source with radiant output at a wavelength of less than 200 nanometers.
Abstract:
Release compositions comprising a blend of ethylenically unsaturated fluoroorganopolysiloxane polymers and ethylenically unsaturated non-fluorinated organopolysiloxane polymers are described. The release compositions are dispersed in a solvent system and also contain a catalyst and at least one crosslinker. Both fluoroorganohydrogenpolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane are described. Release liners and adhesive articles including cured release compositions are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Methods of preparing hybrid aerogels are described. The methods include co-condensing a metal oxide precursor and an organo-functional metal oxide precursor, and crosslinking the organo-functional groups with an ethylenically-unsaturated crosslink agent. Thermal energy and actinic radiation crosslinking are described. Both supercritical aerogel and xerogels, including hydrophobic supercritical aerogel and xerogels, are described. Aerogel articles, including flexible aerogel articles are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Methods of forming hybrid aerogels are described. The methods include forming a hybrid aerogel from a metal oxide precursor and a branched telechelic copolymer, e.g., co-hydrolyzing and co-condensing the metal oxide precursor and the branched telechelic copolymer. Aerogels and aerogel articles, including hydrophobic aerogels and hydrophobic aerogel articles are also described.
Abstract:
There is provided an apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones (26, 27) of a web and webs including one or There is provided an apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones of a web and webs including one or more stretched zones. Each of the stretched zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction, i.e., the direction (c, d) transverse to the downweb direction (m, b). The stretching can be performed continuously on the web as the web is advancing through the apparatus in the down-web direction. The method for stretching an extensible web in the cross direction generally is practiced on a substantially continuous cross-directional extensible web. The web is traveling in a first downweb direction at a first speed. The extensible web has a width and substantially continuous length in the first downweb direction. The crossweb stretching occurs in an orientation zone (26, 27) established between at least two moving nip points (28, 29, 30). The nip points are in a plane of the web with a leading nip (28) downweb of a trailing nip (29, 30) with the at least two nips offset in the cross direction. The leading nip moves at a faster speed than the trailing nip, where the degree of crossweb orientation in the orientation zone is proportional at least to a ratio of the leading nip speed to the trailing nip speed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for forming preferably a unitary polymeric hook fastener (20) comprising a flexible backing (11), and a multiplicity of spaced hook members (24) projecting from the upper surface of the unitary backing (11) wherein each hook member (24) comprises a multiplicity of hook head elements (28, 29) projecting in substantially the same direction. The hook members each comprise a stem portion (25) attached at one end to the backing (11), and a head portion (28, 29) at the end of the stem portion (25) opposite the backing (11). The head portion (28, 29) can also extend from a side of a stem portion (25) or be omitted entirely to form alternative projections which can be other forms than a hook member. The head portion (28, 29) preferably projects past the stem portion (25) on at least one of two opposite sides. At least the hook head portions (28, 29) have two or more hook head elements (28, 29) on at least one of the two opposing sides of the stem (25). The hook head portions (28, 29) preferably have been heat treated so as to decrease the hook head thickness and thereby reducing or eliminating molecular orientation in at least the hook head in the machine direction.
Abstract:
Melt-processable polydiorganosiloxane polyurea segmented copolymer compositions are provided. The compositions comprise alternating soft polydiorganosiloxane units and hard diisocyanate residue units, the diisocyanate residue being the diisocyanate minus the -NCO groups, the units being connected together by urea linkages which also provide hard units. The compositions are prepared by continuously providing at least one diisocyanate and at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine to a reactor, mixing the diisocyanate and the polydiorganosiloxane diamine in the reactor under substantially solvent-free conditions, allowing the diisocyanate and polydiorganosiloxane diamine to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane polyurea copolymer, and conveying the copolymer from the reactor.
Abstract:
There is provided a tape comprising a polypropylene backing having a thickness of at least 0.0254 mm and a synthetic rubber pressure sensitive adhesive having a thickness of at least 0.0229 mm, wherein the tape has a ratio of pressure sensitive adhesive to polypropylene backing thickness of at least 0.7:1.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) film, having a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer and at least one opposing layer, characterized in that the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising (co)polymers of : a) (meth)acrylate ester of 2-alkyl alkanols wherein the molar carbon number average of said 2-alkyl alkanols is 12 to 32; and optionally b) (meth)acrylate esters of C1-12 alkanols; wherein the molar carbon number average of the alkanols of the a) and b) (meth)acrylic acid esters is 12 to 32; wherein the at least one opposing layer comprises at least one filler material selected from the group of filler particles, wherein the filler particles are expanded perlite. The invention is also directed to a method for the manufacturing of such a multilayer PSA film and its use.