Silicone acrylic hybrid polymer-based adhesives
View Patent ↗Silicone acrylic hybrid compositions prepared by reacting together silicone polymers, silicone resins, and silyl containing acrylic polymers are useful in adhesive compositions that find use in skin contact applications.
1. A hybrid silicone acrylate polymer prepared by chemically reacting together:
(a) a silicone polymer component;
(b) a silicone resin component; and
(c) an acrylic polymer component prepared from acrylic monomers containing functional groups selected from alkoxysilyl, polysiloxane, halosilyl or alkyoxy halosilyl, in which the functional groups are incorporated and covalently bound onto the backbone of the acrylic polymer;
wherein the acrylic polymer component of the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer is covalently self-crosslinked and covalently bound to the silicone polymer component and/or the silicone resin component of the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer.
2. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 1 wherein the silicone polymer comprises an organodisubstituted polysiloxane.
3. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 1 wherein the silicone resin component comprises a silicone resin containing triorganosiloxy units R 3 SiO 1/2 , where R is an organic group, and tetrafunctional siloxyl units SiO 4/2 in a mole ratio of from 0.6 to 0.9 R 3 SiO 1/2 units for each SiO 4/2 .
4. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 1 wherein the acrylic polymer is prepared from monomers selected from the group consisting of butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, t-octyl acrylamide, hydroxyethyl acrylate, acrylic acid, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxylpropyl methacrylate and mixtures thereof.
5. A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 1 .
6. A solution of a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 1 .
7. A hybrid silicone acrylate polymer prepared by chemically reacting together
(a) a silicone polymer component;
(b) a silicone resin component; and
(c) an acrylic polymer component prepared from acrylic monomers containing functional groups selected from alkoxysilyl, polysiloxane, halosilyl or alkyoxy halosilyl, in which the functional groups are incorporated and covalently bound onto the backbone of the acrylic polymer;
wherein the silicone resin component comprises a silicone resin containing triorganosiloxy units R 3 SiO 1/2 , where R is an organic group, and tetrafunctional siloxyl units SiO 4/2 in a mole ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 R 3 SiO 1/2 units for each SiO 4/2 .
8. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 7 wherein the silicone polymer comprises an organodisubstituted polysiloxane.
9. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 7 wherein the silicone resin component comprises a silicone resin containing triorganosiloxy units R 3 SiO 1/2 , where R is an organic group, and tetrafunctional siloxyl units SiO 4/2 in a mole ratio of from 0.6 to 0.9 R 3 SiO 1/2 units for each SiO 4/2 .
10. The hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 7 wherein the acrylic polymer is prepared from monomers selected from the group consisting of butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, t-octyl acrylamide, hydroxyethyl acrylate, acrylic acid, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxylpropyl methacrylate and mixtures thereof.
11. A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 7 .
12. A solution of a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising the hybrid silicone acrylate polymer of claim 7 .
13. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 1 comprising:
a) reacting silicone polymer component with silicone resin component to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with an acrylic polymer
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.
14. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 1 comprising:
a) reacting a silicone resin component with an acrylic polymer to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with silicone polymer component
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.
15. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 1 comprising:
a) reacting a silicone polymer component with an acrylic polymer to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with a silicone resin component
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.
16. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 7 comprising:
a) reacting silicone polymer component with silicone resin component to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with an acrylic polymer
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.
17. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 7 comprising:
a) reacting a silicone resin component with an acrylic polymer to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with silicone polymer component
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.
18. A method of preparing a hybrid silicone acrylic polymer of claim 7 comprising:
a) reacting a silicone polymer component with an acrylic polymer to form a resultant product
b) reacting the resultant product of a) with a silicone resin component
wherein the components are reacted in an organic solvent.