Curable composition for silicone pressure sensitive adhesives

1. A curable composition comprising:

(A) a polydiorganosiloxane component comprising:

(A1) greater than 3.1 weight-percent to 20 weight-percent of an aliphatically unsaturated polydiorganosiloxane polymer of formula (A-I):

R M (3-C) R U c SiO—(R U R M SiO) a —(R M 2 SiO) b —SiR U d R M (3-d)   (A-I)

where each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation, each R U is independently an alkenyl group, and subscripts a, b, c and d have average values such that a≥0, b>0, c is zero or 1, d is zero or 1, a quantity (a+b) is 100 to 2000, and a quantity (a+c+d)≥2; and

(A3) a hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum of unit formula (A-III):

{(HO)R M 2 SiO 1/2 } 2 (R M 2 SiO 2/2 ) e   (A-III)

where each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation; and subscript e has a value sufficient to give (A3) the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum a plasticity of 20 mil (0.51 mm) to 80 mil (2.03 mm), where plasticity is measured based on ASTM D926 by applying 1 kilogram (kg) load to a spherical sample of 4.2 grams (g) in weight for 3 minutes at 25° C. and the results are measured in thousandths of an inch (mil) and the procedure is based on ASTM D926; that is present in an amount to provide a weight ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum (A3) to the aliphatically unsaturated polydiorganosiloxane polymer (A1) of 0.89:1 to 9.33:1;

(B) a polyorganosilicate resin component comprising:

(B1) a capped resin of unit formula (B-I): (R M 3 SiO 1/2 ) z (SiO 4/2 ) o Z f , where each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation, each Z is independently a hydrolyzable group, subscript f is zero to a value sufficient to give the capped resin a hydrolyzable group content up to 2%, and subscripts z and o have values such that o>1, z>4, and a quantity (o+z) has a value sufficient to provide the capped resin with a number average molecular weight of 500 g/mol to <7,000 g/mol;

(B2) greater than 18.53 weight-percent to 54.3 weight-percent of an uncapped resin of unit formula (B-II): (R M 3 SiO 1/2 ) z′ (SiO 4/2 ) o′ Z f′ , where each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation, each Z is independently a hydrolyzable group, subscript f′ has a value sufficient to give the uncapped resin a hydrolyzable group content of greater than 3% to 10%, and subscripts z′ and o′ have values such that o′>1, z′>4, and a quantity (o′+z′) has a value sufficient to provide the uncapped resin with a number average molecular weight of 500 g/mol to <7,000 g/mol;

wherein the weight ratio of the uncapped resin (B2) to the capped resin (B1) is greater than 0.51 to 58.82;

wherein (A) the polydiorganosiloxane component and (B) the polyorganosilicate resin component are present in amounts to provide a weight ratio of the polyorganosilicate resin component (B) to the polydiorganosiloxane component (A) of 1.2:1 to less than 1.62:1;

(C) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane of unit formula (C-I):

(R M 3 SiO 1/2 ) p (R M 2 SiO 2/2 ) q (R M SiO 3/2 ) r (SiO 4/2 ) s (R M HSiO 2/2 ) t (R M 2 HSiO 1/2 ) u   (C-I),

where each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation and a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group free of aliphatic unsaturation; and subscripts p, q, r, s, t, and u have values such that p≥0, q≥0, r≥0, s≥0, t≥0, u≥0, (t+u)≥2, and a quantity (p+q+r+s+t+u) is sufficient to provide the polyorganohydrogensiloxane with a degree of polymerization of 5 to 100; that is present in an amount to provide a molar ratio of silicon bonded hydrogen atoms to alkenyl groups for the curable composition of 5 to 50;

(D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst in an amount sufficient to provide 1 to 1000 ppm of platinum group metal; and

(E) a condensation reaction catalyst;

wherein the content of alkenyl groups in the curable composition is in a range of 0.017 weight-percent to 0.089 weight-percent;

where weight-percentages are relative to combined weights of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).

2. The curable composition of claim 1 , further comprising (F) 0.001 weight-percent to 5 weight-percent of a hydrosilylation reaction inhibitor and (G) 0.01 weight-percent to 5 weight-percent of an anchorage additive, or mixtures thereof, where weight-percentages are based on combined weights of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).

3. The curable composition of claim 1 , where, in formula (A-I), each R M is independently selected from an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; each R U is independently selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, and hexenyl; and a quantity (a+b) has a value sufficient to impart a viscosity of 300 milliPascal*seconds to 100,000 milliPascal*seconds to the aliphatically unsaturated polydiorganosiloxane polymer.

4. The curable composition of claim 1 , where, in unit formula (A-III), each R M is independently an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; each R U is independently selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, and hexenyl; and subscript e is sufficient to provide the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum with a plasticity of 30 mil (0.76 mm) to 70 mil (1.78 mm).

5. The curable composition of claim 1 , where, in unit formula (B-II), each R M is independently an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, each Z is OH, and the quantity (z+o) has a value sufficient to provide the uncapped resin (B2) with a number average molecular weight of 2,900 g/mol to 5,000 g/mol.

6. The curable composition of claim 1 , wherein the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum (A3) is present at a concentration of 17.67 weight-percent to 36.2 weight-percent, based on combined weights of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).

7. The curable composition of claim 1 , wherein the polydiorganosiloxane component (A) comprises 5 weight-percent to 16 weight-percent of the aliphatically unsaturated polydiorganosiloxane polymer (A1) and 20 weight-percent to 30 weight-percent of the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum (A3), with weight-percentages relative to combined weights of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E); the content of vinyl groups in the curable composition is 0.03 weight-percent to 0.08 weight-percent; the weight ratio of the uncapped resin (B2) to the capped resin (B1) is 0.55 to 5; and the molar ratio of silicon bonded hydrogen atoms to vinyl groups is 10 to 30.

8. A process for preparing the curable composition of claim 1 , comprising:

i) mixing the hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane gum (A3), the uncapped resin (B2), and the condensation reaction catalyst (E); and

ii) further mixing the resulting mixture obtained from step i) with the aliphatically unsaturated polydiorganosiloxane polymer (A1), the capped resin (B1), the polyorganohydrogensiloxane (C), and the hydrosilylation reaction catalyst (D); thereby forming the curable composition.

9. An adhesive article comprising a substrate and a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive is a cured product of the curable composition of claim 1 .

10. A method of making an adhesive article, comprising:

optionally (1) treating a surface of a substrate,

(2) coating the curable composition of claim 1 on at least one surface of the substrate, and

(3) curing the curable composition.