Crosslinking of pressure sensitive adhesive based on water-borne acrylate

This publication shows how the kind of crosslinking agents and their contents influence important properties of acrylic based pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) dispersions such as tack, adhesion and cohesion. Synthesized PSAs based on acrylic polymers, containing 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, vinyl acetate, styrene and acrylic acid are used in the preparation of self-adhesive dispersions used as coating of polyethylene foams and poly(vinyl chloride) and polyester foils. (C) 2003 Society of Chemical Industry.