Novel pyridinium derivatives as very efficient photoinitiators for UV-activated synthesis of acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives

During the development of synthesis of acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives, newly synthesized pyridinium derivatives were used by the UV-initiated polymerization quarantines of new polymer design for the synthesized self-adhesive acrylics with excellent performance, for which tack, peel adhesion, shear strength and shrinkage were measured. For example, the best tack and peel adhesion performances were achieved after 30 and 60 s UV radiation for 3.0 wt% pyridinium photoinitiator PPP, after 60 and 90 s UV exposure for 4.0 wt% pyridinium photoinitiator HPP and after 90 s UV-crosslinking in the case of 5.0 wt% pyridinium photoinitiator OPP. An increase of novel pyridinium photoinitiators concentration causes in an increase of the monomers conversion. For high photoinitiator content, characterized for each investigated photoinitiator, ranging from about 3.0 (PPP) to 5.0 wt% (OPP), the degree of monomer conversion reaches a maximum value of about 99.6 wt%.Preliminary results are reported illustrating the effectiveness of the acrylic PSA development.

► Synthesis of acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives using pyridinium derivatives was described.
► Mechanism of acrylic PSA photocrosslinking using pyridinium photoinitiators was described.
► Acrylic PSA properties, such as tack, adhesion, cohesion and shrinkage resistance, were determined.