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Hotmelt pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) usually contain styrenic block copolymers like styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), SBS, SEBS, tackifier, oil, and additives. These block copolymers individually reveal no tack. Therefore, a tackifier is a low molecular weight material with high glass transition temperature (T g ), and imparts the tacky property to PSA. The SIS block copolymer with different diblocks was blended with hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene (H-DCPD tackifier), which has three kinds of T g . PSA performance was evaluated by probe tack, peel strength, and shear adhesion failure temperature. PSA is a viscoelastic material, so that its performance is significantly related to the viscoelastic properties of PSAs. We tested the viscoelastic properties by dynamic mechanical analysis and the thermal properties by differential scanning calorimeter to investigate the relation between viscoelastic properties and PSA performance.

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Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have a range of applications in industry, such as medical products, aircraft, space shuttles, electrical devices, optical products, and automobiles, etc. In this study, acrylic PSAs with fluorinated groups were synthesized using 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate (TFMA) under UV radiation. The surface properties and adhesion strength were measured. The results showed that the addition of TFMA reduced the surface energy of the PSAs and improved the adhesion strength.

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