MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION: TAILORING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE PROPERTIES

摘要

Miniemulsion polymerization is a good candidate for the production of PSAs demonstrating enhanced application properties, specifically tack and peel strength, compared to conventional emulsion polymerization under similar conditions. The characterization showed that the two nucleation mechanisms investigated indeed result in different application properties. Ongoing studies are being carried out to analyze the feasibility of further exploiting the aforementioned characteristics to tailor PSA properties.