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Symposium: S10 - Polymer nanocomposites and nanotechnology
Poster Presentation
 
 

Incorporation of Boron Methacrylate Monomer into 2-EHA Based Copolymer Latexes via Mini-Emulsion Polymerization and Investigation of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Properties

Temelkaya Bilgin Ecem (1)*, Akarsu Dülgar Cansu (2)

(1) Istanbul Technical University - Istanbul - Turkey, (2) Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S. - Istanbul - Turkey

A PSA can be defined as ‘a permanently tacky adhesive at room temperature which will adhere to a variety of surfaces with finger pressure without any phase change (liquid to solid)’. PSAs are viscoelastic materials which the viscous behavior is needed to generate adhesion whereas elasticity is needed to enable clean removal from the surface and to sustain loads (cohesion). With the introduction of mini-emulsion as a new technology polyacrylic mini-emulsions have been attracted attention due to their unique properties such as nucleation mechanism, reaction rate, high stability, and so. Nowadays boron-containing polymers find application in a variety of fields, including their use as polymeric precursors for high-performance ceramic materials, flame retardants, and supramolecular nanomaterials etc. due to the unique characteristics of boron and its compounds. In the present paper a novel approach was proposed for the incorporation of BoMA comonomer into 2-EHA based latexes via mini-emulsion polymerization procedure. Since mini-emulsion polymerization technique is a versatile tool for yielding stable and narrowly distributed nanoparticles, BoMA was adopted to mini-emulsion approach. BoMA was synthesized originally and successfully utilized in the copolymerization to monitor the effect on pressure-sensitive adhesive performance and thermal properties. Detailed analysis results indicated that synthesis of copolymers had been properly achieved without coagulum formation. The incorporation of BoMA at 4.5% led to lower peel adhesion and loop tack values whilst the cohesive strength was considerably higher. A PSA with such characteristics can be tailored in removable applications such as surface protection films, masking tapes, bookmark and note papers, price marking labels etc. As the amount of BoMA was raised to 8.5% peel adhesion and loop tack were enhanced prominently. As a result of this improvement the cohesive strength was sacrificed that this property can be also turned to an advantage. A PSA with such properties can be utilized as permanent adhesive. Thermal analysis properties also illustrated that BoMA introduced heat resistance and char yield to the polymer.