1) A heat-crosslinkable adhesive composition, comprising: at least one polymer (A) comprising a hydrolyzable alkoxysilane group; at least one tackifying resin (B); at least one silsesquioxane resin (C); and at least one crosslinking catalyst (D).

2) A self-adhesive article comprising a support layer coated with a self-adhesive layer consisting of the adhesive composition in the crosslinked state.

Disclosed are silane modified copolymers that are moisture curable; curable adhesive compositions comprising the silane modified copolymers; and methods of making the silane modified copolymers.

The present invention provides a curable composition containing an organic polymer having a crosslinkable silicon group, the composition having sufficient usable life and having adhesive properties with respect to an adherend (substrate) that are equivalent to those of the case where aminosilane is included. The composition comprises: (A) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer; and (B) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing compound that forms, by means of light, at least one type of amino group selected from the group consisting of primary amino groups and secondary amino groups. The crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer (A) is preferably at least one type selected from the group consisting of crosslinkable silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymers and crosslinkable silicon group-containing (meth)acrylic-based polymers.

The present invention provides a curable composition containing an organic polymer having a crosslinkable silicon group, the composition having sufficient usable life and having adhesive properties with respect to an adherend (substrate) that are equivalent to those of the case where aminosilane is included. The composition comprises: (A) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer; and (B) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing compound that forms, by means of light, at least one type of amino group selected from the group consisting of primary amino groups and secondary amino groups. The crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer (A) is preferably at least one type selected from the group consisting of crosslinkable silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymers and crosslinkable silicon group-containing (meth)acrylic-based polymers.

The present invention provides a curable composition containing an organic polymer having a crosslinkable silicon group, the composition having sufficient usable life and having adhesive properties with respect to an adherend (substrate) that are equivalent to those of the case where aminosilane is included. The composition comprises: (A) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer; and (B) a crosslinkable silicon group-containing compound that forms, by means of light, at least one type of amino group selected from the group consisting of primary amino groups and secondary amino groups. The crosslinkable silicon group-containing organic polymer (A) is preferably at least one type selected from the group consisting of crosslinkable silicon group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymers and crosslinkable silicon group-containing (meth)acrylic-based polymers.

Embodiments for a crosslinked alkoxysilyl polynorbornene homopolymer and methods of making crosslinked alkoxysilyl polynorbornene homopolymer are provided, where the method comprises polymerizing through addition polymerization or ring opening metathesis polymerization a norbornene monomer comprising an alkoxysilyl moiety in the presence of a catalyst to produce an alkoxysilyl modified polynorbornene homopolymer, and producing a crosslinked alkoxysilyl polynorbornene homopolymer through sol-gel initiated crosslinking of the alkoxysilyl modified polynorbornene homopolymer at ambient conditions, or acid-catalyzed conditions.

One aspect of the present invention is a hot melt composition containing a silane coupling agent, a thermoplastic polymer, a softener, and a catalyst, wherein the silane coupling agent is hydrolyzed to a compound having a boiling point of 70 to 180° C.

The invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one silyl polymer comprising at least one hydrolyzable alkoxysilane group; at least one polyvinyl ether compound; and at least one curing catalyst, and also to the use of said composition as an adhesive and also to self-adhesive articles comprising at least one support layer and at least one layer of said composition.

The invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one silyl polymer comprising at least one hydrolyzable alkoxysilane group; at least one polyvinyl ether compound; and at least one curing catalyst, and also to the use of said composition as an adhesive and also to self-adhesive articles comprising at least one support layer and at least one layer of said composition.

A moisture curable composition, a method of applying the same, and a composition including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a curable composition, comprises: a component (A) having an organic polymer containing reactive silicon groups represented by the following general formula (1): —Si(R.sup.1.sub.3-a)X.sub.a (1) wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein X represents a hydrolyzable group, wherein each X is the same or different when two or more X are present, a is an integer from 1 to 3, when a is 1, each R.sup.1 may be the same or different, and when a is 2 or 3, each X may be the same or different; a component (B) having a chlorinated polyolefin polymer; and a component (C) having a carboxylic acid metal salt.