| abstract |
An adhesive composition includes a first acrylic polymer preparable from first components and a second acrylic polymer. The first components comprising i) a branched first alkyl (meth)acrylate having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and ii) at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. The second acrylic polymer is preparable from second components comprising iii) at least one second alkyl (meth)acrylate having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, iv) a (meth)acrylamide represented by formula (I) wherein R 1 is H or methyl, and R 2 and R 3 each independently represents H or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or taken together R 2 and R 3 may form a divalent alkylene group having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and v) at least one high T g macromer having a terminal free-radically polymerizable unsaturated group, the high T g macromer having a T g of at least 45°C. Based on the combined total weight of the at least one first acrylic polymer and the at least one second acrylic polymer, the at least one second acrylic polymer is present at a level of from 5 to 40 percent by weight. Methods of making the adhesive composition are also disclosed. |