ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
pressure-sensitive adhesive
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PSA
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tackifier
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tack adhesion
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polyisoprene
;
poly(ethylene-propylene)
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pulsed gradient spin echo-nuclear magnetic resonance
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PGSE-NMR
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diffusion
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n-butyl ester of abietic acid
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Physics
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
A detailed study of the mobility of a tackifying resin in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) has been done for the first time. The objective of this work is to relate changes in adhesive performance with tackifier loading to tackifier mobility. Tackifiers are low-molecular weight resins that improve the overall performance of PSAs. They increase the adhesive tack or the ability to form a bond of measurable strength after brief contact under slight applied pressure. In this study the diffusion of n-butyl ester of abietic acid (n-BEAA) in either polyisoprene (PI) (Mw = 195,000 Mw/Mn ∼ 1.05) or poly(ethylene-propylene) (PEP) (Mw = 40,000 Mw/Mn ∼ 2.30) was measured by Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (PGSE-NMR) as a function of both tackifier concentration and temperature. The concentration dependence of the tackifier's diffusion coefficient was weak for both systems. The weak variation in mobility with composition for the PI/n-BEAA system was consistent with that system's weak variation in tack with composition. On the other hand, blends of PEP/n-BEAA showed only modest variation in mobility, even though these adhesive systems showed appreciable enhancement of tack at intermediate compositions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 373-381, 1998
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
