Silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and pressure-sensitive tape or sheet
View Patent ↗Silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising 100 parts (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having on molecular terminals at least two alkenyl groups and represented by (R 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (R 1 R 2 SiO 1/2 ) p (R 2 SiO) m (RR 1 SiO) n (SiO 4/2 ), to 400 parts (B) an organopolysiloxane composed of R 3 R 2 2 SiO 1/2 units and SiO 4/2 units, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and a catalytic quantity of (D) a platinum-type catalyst. Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having an adhesive layer in the form of a cured layer of the aforementioned composition.
1. A silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising:
100 parts by weight of (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having on average at least two alkenyl groups on molecular terminals and represented by the following molecular formula (1):
(R 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (R 1 R 2 SiO 1/2 ) p (R 2 SiO) m (RR 1 SiO) n (SiO 4/2 ) (1)
(wherein R designates a monovalent hydrocarbon group or a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group which is free of unsaturated aliphatic bonds and has 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R 1 designates an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; “p” is a number which on average is in the range of 2 to 4; “m” is a number which on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000; “n” is a number which on average is equal to or greater than 0; and m>n, and (m+n) on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000);
10 to 400 parts by weight of (B) an organopolysiloxane resin composed of R 3 R 2 2 SiO 1/2 units (where R 2 designates an alkyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R 3 designates an alkyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group with 6 to 10 carbon atoms or a hydroxyl group) and SiO 4/2 units, where the mole ratio of the R 3 R 2 2 SiO 1/2 units to SiO 4/2 units ranges from 0.6 to 1.7;
(C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having in one molecule two or more silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, which is used in an amount sufficient to provide a mole ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms of this component to alkenyl groups contained in components (A) and (B) in the range of 1.0 to 60; and
(D) a catalytic quantity of a platinum-type catalyst.
2. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein “n” and “m” in the formula (1) of component (A) satisfy the following condition: 0 n/(m+n)≦0.03.
3. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein molecular formula (1) of component (A) is represented by the following formula (2):
(Me 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (ViMe 2 SiO 1/2 ) p (Me 2 SiO) m (MeViSiO) n (SiO 4/2 ) (2)
(wherein Me designates a methyl group; Vi designates a vinyl group; “p” is a number which on average is in the range of 2 to 4; “m” is a number which on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000; “n” is a number which on average is equal to or greater than 0; and m>n, and (m+n) on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000); R 3 R 2 2 SiO 1/2 units of component (B) are Me 3 SiO 1/2 units; and component (C) is a methylhydrogenpolysiloxane.
4. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of claim 3 , wherein molecular formula (2) of component (A) is represented by the following molecular formula (3):
(ViMe 2 SiO 1/2 ) 4 (Me 2 SiO) m (SiO 4/2 ) (3)
(where Me designates a methyl group, Vi designates a vinyl group, and “m” is a number which on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000).
5. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of claim 1 , further comprising (E) an organic solvent in a sufficient amount to provide the total weight of components (A) through (D) which is equal to or greater than 30 wt. % but less than 100 wt. % of the composition.
6. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 5 , wherein “n” and “m” in the formula (1) of component (A) satisfy the following condition: 0≦n/(m+n)≦0.03.
7. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 5 , wherein molecular formula (1) of component (A) is represented by the following formula (2):
(Me 3 SiO 1/2 ) 4-p (ViMe 2 SiO 1/2 ) p (Me 2 SiO) m (MeViSiO) n (SiO 4/2 ) (2)
(wherein Me designates a methyl group; Vi designates a vinyl group; “p” is a number which on average is in the range of 2 to 4; “m” is a number which on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000; “n” is a number which on average is equal to or greater than 0; and m>n, and (m+n) on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000); R 3 R 2 2 SiO 1/2 units of component (B) are Me 3 SiO 1/2 units; and component (C) is a methylhydrogenpolysiloxane.
8. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of claim 7 , wherein molecular formula (2) of component (A) is represented by the following molecular formula (3):
(ViMe 2 SiO 1/2 ) 4 (Me 2 SiO) m (SiO 4/2 ) (3)
(where Me designates a methyl group, Vi designates a vinyl group, and “m” is a number which on average is in the range of 1,500 to 10,000).
9. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet comprising a tape or sheet substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the form of a cured body of the silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition as claimed in claim 1 formed on the surface of the tape or sheet substrate.
10. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein “p” in the formula (1) of component (A) on average is 3 to 4.
11. The silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein “m” in the formula (1) of component (A) ranges on average from 3,000 to 6,000.