| Abstract: | Silicone acrylates, as possible electron beam (EB) curable release coatings for paper, were prepared by the platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation of polyacryloyloxy functional monomers with copolymers of dimethylsiloxane and hydrogen methylsiloxane (PDMHMS). The hydrosilation of either 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA) or trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) with PDMHMS occurs to only one of the 2 or 3 available olefinic groups, respectively, as long as excess monomer is present. The amount of excess monomer needed to prevent gelation during hydrosilation or subsequent storage in excess of 1 month appears to be dependent on the hydrogen methylsiloxane content of the PDMHMS. A release coating having excellent cohesive and adhesive strength on paper was obtained by the EB curing of the product of hydrosilation of TMPTA with a PDMHMS containing 4 mol % hydrogen methylsiloxane at a dose-to-cure of 2 Mrad, but the aged release force was excessively high. The poor aged-release performance was likely due to dilution of the dimethylsiloxane content of the coating with excess monomer required to stabilize the silicone acrylate. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
