Organophilized Montmorillonites as Fillers for Silicone Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

In the presented work, organophilized montmorillonites (OMMT) with selected quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) with different chemical structure ((trioctylmethylammonium chloride-A336, dimethyloctadecyl[3-trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ammonium chloride-D, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-CTAB, 2-methacryloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride-MOA) were obtained and used as fillers for physically modified silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives (Si-PSA). Before OMMT addition into Si-PSA matrix, they were analyzed via TGA and XRD techniques. Type of chemical structure of QAC affected d-spacing of OMMT. New self-adhesive materials were obtained based on prepared Si-PSA compositions by adding the obtained fillers to the polymer matrix. New tapes exhibit a good level of useful properties as adhesion, cohesion, and tack-the values did not change or slightly decreased; in addition, the tapes with addition of OMMT showed high thermal resistance reaching the measuring limit of the test equipment-to 225 °C.