Oriented acrylic hotmelts

Abstract

A pressure sensitive adhesive obtainable by free-radical polymerization, characterized in that at least 65% by weight of the adhesive is based on at least one acrylic monomer from the group of the compounds of the following general formula: where R1=H or CH3 and the radical R2=H or CH3 or is selected from the group consisting of branched or unbranched saturated alkyl groups having 2–20 carbon atoms, the average molecular weight of the adhesive is at least 65,000, applied to a carrier, the adhesive possesses a preferential direction, where the refractive index measured in the preferential direction nMD is greater than the refractive index measured in a direction perpendicular to the preferential direction nCD, the difference Δn=nMD−nCD being at least 1·10−5.

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