IP Library Granted Patent US 9,809,731
Granted Patent B2
US 9,809,731 · App. 15/038,649 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

Adhesive resin composition

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Patent No.
US 9,809,731
App. No.
15/038,649
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a new pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition that can have adhesiveness to the extent of being peelable in a room temperature condition, has fluidity by hot-melting, and can finally be crosslinked to firmly bond adherends to each other. There is proposed a pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an acrylic copolymer (A), 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent (B), and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (C), wherein the acrylic copolymer (A) is a graft copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5.0×10 4 to 5.0×10 5 , contains as a trunk component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate, contains as a branch component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a macromonomer having a number average molecular weight of 5.0×10 2 or more and less than 6.0×10 3 , and contains the repeating unit derived from the macromonomer in the acrylic copolymer (A) in a proportion in a range of 0.1 to 3 mol %.

Claims (28)

1. A pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition, comprising:

(A) 100 parts by mass of an acrylic copolymer (A);

(B) 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent (B); and

(C) 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (C),

wherein:

the acrylic copolymer (A) is a graft copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5.0×10 4 to 5.0×10 5 ;

the acrylic copolymer (A) comprises as a trunk component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate;

the acrylic copolymer (A) comprises as a branch component of the graft copolymer a repeating unit derived from a macromonomer having a number average molecular weight of 5.0×10 2 or more and less than 6.0×10 3 ; and

the acrylic copolymer (A) comprises the repeating unit derived from the macromonomer in the acrylic copolymer (A) in a proportion in a range of 0.1 to 3 mol %.

2. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the number average molecular weight of the macromonomer to a number average molecular weight of the acrylic copolymer (A) is in a range of 0.0025 to 0.6.

3. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the macromonomer as a branch component of the acrylic copolymer (A) is higher than a glass transition temperature of a copolymer component constituting a trunk component of the acrylic copolymer (A).

4. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the macromonomer is 30° C. to 120° C.

5. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the graft copolymer constituting the trunk component of the acrylic copolymer (A) is −70 to 0° C.

6. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic copolymer (A) comprises as the trunk component a repeating unit derived from a hydrophobic (meth)acrylate and a hydrophilic (meth)acrylate.

7. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic copolymer (A) has as the trunk component a configuration obtained by random copolymerization of a hydrophobic (meth)acrylate, a hydrophilic (meth)acrylate, and a polymerizable functional group at a terminal of the macromonomer.

8. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein, when a laminated body is obtained by shaping the pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition into a sheet having a thickness of 150 μm and sandwiching the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet between a soda lime glass sheet having a thickness of 0.5 mm and a cycloolefin polymer film having a thickness of 100 μm, and the laminated body is irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, the laminated body has haze of less than 10% in accordance with JIS K7136.

9. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein, when a laminated body is obtained by shaping the pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition into a sheet having a thickness of 150 μm and sandwiching the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet between a soda lime glass sheet having a thickness of 0.5 mm and a cycloolefin polymer film having a thickness of 100 μm, irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, stored in a moist heat environment of 65° C. and 90% RH for 100 hours, and then stored in a room temperature environment of 23° C. and 50% RH for 2 hours, the laminated body has haze of less than 10% in accordance with JIS K7136.

10. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein, when the pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition is shaped into a sheet having a thickness of 150 μm, the sheet is adhered to a SUS plate with an area of 20 mm×20 mm, and a load of 500 gf is applied to the sheet in an environment of 40° C., falling time regarding holding power measured in accordance with JIS Z0237 is 20 minutes or more.

11. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the photopolymerization initiator (C) is a cleavage type photopolymerization initiator or a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator.

12. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the photopolymerization initiator (C) is a cleavage type photopolymerization initiator or a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator.

13. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the graft copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1.2×10 5 to 4.5×10 5 .

14. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the repeating unit derived from the macromonomer in the graft copolymer has a number average molecular weight of 8.0×10 2 to 5.5×10 3 .

15. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic copolymer (A) comprises the repeating unit derived from the macromonomer in the acrylic copolymer (A) in a proportion in a range of 0.2 to 2.5 mol %.

16. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein 1 to 10 parts by mass of the crosslinking agent (B) is included based on 100 parts by mass of the acrylic copolymer (A).

17. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of the photopolymerization initiator (C) is included based on 100 parts by mass of the acrylic copolymer (A).

18. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the number average molecular weight of the macromonomer to a number average molecular weight of the acrylic copolymer (A) is in a range of 0.005 to 0.3.

19. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the macromonomer is 40° C. to 110° C.

20. The pressure-sensitive adhesive resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the graft copolymer constituting the trunk component of the acrylic copolymer (A) is −65 to −5° C.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 6, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.; MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043097/0025 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2016
From: NIIMI, KAHORU; INENAGA, MAKOTO; NAKAMURA, JUNICHI; KAWAI, ERI
To: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 039208/0456 →