The present invention relates to: a hot-melt adhesive composition comprising a mixture of silylated polymers, a tackifying resin and a catalyst, in specific contents, having self-adhesive properties after crosslinking to moisture; a self-adhesive article comprising a support layer and at least one self-adhesive layer obtained after crosslinking to the moisture in the adhesive composition according to the invention; and the use thereof to bond low-energy substrates, in particular plastic substrates, notably thermoplastic substrates having low surface energy.

Methods of using a toner as a printable adhesive are provided. In embodiments, a method of adhering substrates is provided which comprises disposing a cold pressure fix toner comprising a phase change material on a first substrate via xerography to form an unfused layer of the cold pressure fix toner on the first substrate; placing a second substrate on the unfused layer of the cold pressure fix toner; and subjecting the cold pressure fix toner to a pressure to form a bonded article comprising the first substrate, an adhesive layer formed from the cold pressure fix toner, and the second substrate. Methods of applying an adhesive to a substrate and bonded articles are also provided.

A tackifying resin includes a farnesene-based polymer having monomeric units derived from a farnesene monomer and one or more optional comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics and has a softening point greater than or equal to 80 degrees Celsius. A method of making the farnesene-based polymer includes combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics, to provide a monomer feed, and polymerizing the monomer feed by combining the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a vessel. The tackifying resin may be combined with an elastomer to form a hot melt adhesive composition.

An energy-beam-crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive composition, including an acrylic resin (A) having energy beam crosslinkability, and a tackifier (B). The tackifier (B) contains a styrene-based resin (B1). A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including an energy-beam-crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive composition layer containing the energy-beam-crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive composition on a substrate or a release liner.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, for which a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition (pressure-sensitive adhesive solution) without any acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like which needs a large amount of an organic solvent and is difficult to apply thickly; to provide a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is friendly to the global environment, can be applied thickly, has a high level of cost effectiveness and workability, and also has a high level of adhesion, retention, and repulsion resistance; and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The invention is directed to a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer including a product made from a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including: a polyester obtained by polycondensation of at least a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component; and a tackifier, the polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a gel fraction of 15% by weight or more to less than 40% by weight.

To provide a hot melt adhesive having excellent coatability, adhesiveness and creep resistance, being able to bond and retain an elastic material to a material containing biodegradable plastics, and a disposable product comprising the hot melt adhesive. A hot melt adhesive comprising (A) a thermoplastic block copolymer which is a copolymer of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene compounds, and (B) a tackifying resin, wherein (A) the thermoplastic block copolymer comprises: (A1) a styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of 35 to 50% by mass; and (A2) a styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of more than 10% by mass and less than 35% by mass; (B) the tackifying resin comprises: (B1) a natural resin; and the component (B1) being contained in an amount of 20 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the component (B).

A novel hot-melt adhesive and a preparation method thereof are disclosed, and in particular a hot-melt adhesive for bonding aluminum, stainless steel or other metal materials and PVC plastics is disclosed. The specific nylon-type copolyamide is firstly prepared by designing specific raw materials and percentage thereof, and in combination with favorable bonding properties of the nylon-type copolyamide for metals and favorable bonding characteristics of the perchloroethylene resin for PVC, a double screw extruder is utilized to perform sufficient melt blending on the nylon-type copolyamide and the perchloroethylene resin under the synergistic actions of related aids, so that the obtained novel hot-melt adhesive has favorable bonding properties for both metals and PVC.

An adhesive tape includes an adhesive layer containing an adhesive composition, wherein: the adhesive composition contains a styrene-butadiene-based block copolymer and first, second, and third tackifiers; a butadiene portion of the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer is partially hydrogenated; a content of a styrene-derived monomer unit of the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer is 24 mass % or more; in GPC measurement, the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer contains a component (a) having a peak top molecular weight of between 200000 and 400000, and a component (b) having a peak top molecular weight of between 100000 and 200000; the first tackifier is a terpene-based resin which is liquid at 23? C.; the second tackifier has a softening point of 70 to 120? C.; the third tackifier is a terpene phenolic resin having a softening point of 140? C. or higher; and the adhesive tape includes a nonwoven fabric coated with the adhesive composition by hot-melt coating, the nonwoven fabric containing rayon.

[Object] An object of the present invention is to provide an easily peelable adhesive tape that has a good peel adhesive strength when attached to an adherend and that can be easily peeled after being irradiated with active energy rays.

[Solution] The present invention is directed to an easily peelable adhesive tape that has, on at least one surface of a base material, an active energy ray-curable layer having a storage modulus (G.sub.a25) of less than 1.010.sup.6 Pa as measured at a temperature of 25 C. and a frequency of 1.0 Hz and has an adhesive layer on the surface side of the active energy ray-curable layer.

A tackifying resin includes a farnesene-based polymer having monomeric units derived from a farnesene monomer and one or more optional comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics and has a softening point greater than or equal to 80 degrees Celsius. A method of making the farnesene-based polymer includes combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics, to provide a monomer feed, and polymerizing the monomer feed by combining the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a vessel. The tackifying resin may be combined with an elastomer to form a hot melt adhesive composition.