Tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers and a process for making same

• US 6,407,195 B2
• Filed: 09/26/1997
• Issued: 06/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Everaerts, Albert I., Melancon, Kurt C., Mazurek, Mieczyslaw H., Sherman, Audrey A., Romanko, Walter R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dawson, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robertson, Jeffrey B.
• Application Number:
  US08/930,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20020013442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,726 Days
• Field of Search: 528/28, 528/38, 522/148, 522/172, 522/174, 525/477, 525/474, 525/454
• US Class Current: 528/28
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 77/458 containing polyurethane sequences
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 183/10 Block or graft copolymers containing polysiloxane sequences obtained by polymerising a compound having a carbon-to-carbon double bond on to a polysiloxane C09J151/08, C09J153/00

Abstract

Tackified compositions comprise a curable polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer which has alternating soft polydiorganosiloxane units and hard diisocyanate residues, the diisocyanate residue being the diisocyanate minus the —NCO groups. The units are connected together by urea linkages and the copolymer has end groups that are reactive under free radical or moisture cure conditions, and silicate resin. Also provided are pressure-sensitive adhesives, hot melt adhesives, and vibration damping composites, vibration damping constrained layer constructions, a bi-directional vibration damping constrained layer constructions, vibration damping shaped articles as well as a method of vibrationally damping an article and processes for producing curable vibration damping material.

Claims

1. A curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (a) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoisocyanate residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are the monoisocyanate minus the —

NCO group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and the monoisocyanate residue terminal units, and (b) a silicate resin.

2. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymers according to claim 1 represented by the formula:

wherein;

each R is a monovalent moiety which independently is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl moiety, (ii) a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl radical or higher alkenyl radical, (iii) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl moiety having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety, (v) a perfluoroalkyl group, (vi) a fluorine-containing group, or (vii) a perfluoroether-containing group;

each Z is a polyvalent radical which is (i) an arylene radical or aralkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or (ii) an alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each Y is a divalent moiety which independently is (i) an alkylene radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or (ii) an aralkylene radical or an arylene radical having 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY—

or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralkylene, cycloalkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof;

each D is a monovalent radical which independently is hydrogen, an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl or arylalkyl radical having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each X is a moiety represented by the formula;

(a) a moiety represented by

wherein D is defined as above, and

K is independently (i) a free radical polymerizable end group;

or (ii) a moisture curable group;

m is a number about 0 to 8;

p is about 10 or larger; and

t is about 1 to 12.

3. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2 wherein at least 50% of the R moieties are methyl radicals with the balance being monovalent alkyl or substituted alkyl radicals, alkenylene radicals, phenyl radicals, or substituted phenyl radicals.

4. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 2 wherein Z is 2,6-tolylene, 4,4′

-methylenediphenylene, 3,3′

-dimethoxy-4,4′

-biphenylene, tetramethyl-m-xylylene, 4,4′

-methylenedicyclohexylene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylenecyclohexylene, 1,6-hexamethylene, or 1,4-cyclohexylene.

5. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 4 wherein Z tetramethyl-m-xylylene.

6. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 1 wherein the silicate resin is an MQ silicate resin, an MQD silicate resin or an MQT silicate resin.

12. A bi-directional vibration damping constrained layer construction comprising at least two rigid members, each rigid member having a broad surface proximate a broad surface of another rigid member and closely spaced therefrom, and a composition comprising the curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 2, wherein the composition is contained between closely spaced, rigid members, adhered to the members, and cured.

13. A process for producing the curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 1 comprising (a) forming a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer by adding at least one polyisocyanate and at least one monoisocyanate terminal unit having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group to an organic solvent solution of at least one polyamine, wherein the polyamine is at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine or a mixture of at least one diorganosiloxane diamine and at least one organic polyamine, mixing the solution and allowing the polyisocyanate, monoisocyanate, and polyamine to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer, (b) blending the polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer solution with at least one silicate resin, and (c) removing the organic solvent.

16. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 1, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

17. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 2, wherein R is a moiety independently selected from (i) a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl moiety having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) a radical represented by the formula —

R²(CH₂)_aCH═

CH₂;

wherein R² is —

CH₂)_b—

or —

(CH₂)_cCH═

CH—

;

a is 1, 2 or 3;

b is 0, 3 or 6; and

c is 3, 4 or 5, (iii) a cycloalkyl moiety having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and substituted with an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group, or (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

20. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 1 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are free radically curable endcapping groups.

21. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 1 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are moisture curable endcapping groups.

22. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 2 wherein K is a free radical polymerizable end group.

23. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 2 wherein K is a moisture curable group.

26. The process of claim 13 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are free radically curable endcapping groups.

27. The process of claim 13 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are moisture curable endcapping groups.

7. A pressure sensitive adhesive article comprising (a) a substrate, and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (i) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (A) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (C) monoisocyanate residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are the monoisocyanate minus the —

NCO group, and (D) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and the monoisocyanate residue terminal units, and (ii) a silicate resin.

8. The pressure sensitive adhesive article according to claim 7, wherein the substrate is paper, polyolefin, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyimide, cellulose acetate, ethyl cellulose, woven fabric formed of threads of synthetic or natural materials, nonwoven fabric, metal, metallized polymeric film, acrylic, silicone, urethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, neoprene rubber, filled and unfilled foamed materials, or ceramic sheet material.

9. The pressure sensitive adhesive article according to claim 7, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is cured.

18. The pressure sensitive adhesive article, according to claim 7, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

24. The pressure sensitive adhesive article of claim 7 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are free radically curable endcapping groups.

25. The pressure sensitive adhesive article of claim 7 wherein the endcapping groups on the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are moisture curable endcapping groups.

10. A hot melt adhesive comprising a curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (a) an oligurea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoisocyanate residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoisocyanate residue terminal units are the monoisocyanate minus the —

NCO group, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and the monoisocyanate residue terminal units, and (b) a silicate resin.

11. The hot melt adhesive according to claim 10, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer is cured.

19. The hot melt adhesive, according to claim 10, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

14. A process for producing a curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 and comprising (A) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, and the residues of the isocyanate units and the polydiorganosiloxane diamine units are connected by urea linkages, and (iii) terminal functional endcapping groups, and (B) a silicate resin;

wherein the process comprises the steps of (a) continuously providing reactants, wherein the reactants comprise at least one polyisocyanate, at least one polyamine, and at least one endcapping agent to a reactor;

(b) mixing the reactants in the reactor;

(c) allowing the reactants to react under substantially solvent free conditions to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer;

(d) conveying the copolymer from the reactor;

(e) providing the copolymer, at least one silicate tackifying resin, and solvent to a second reactor;

(f) mixing the copolymer, the silicate tackifying resin, and the solvent in the second reactor to form a tackified composition; and

(g) conveying the tackified composition from the second reactor.

15. An essentially solventless process for producing the curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 and comprising (A) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, and the residues of the isocyanate units and the polydiorganosiloxane diamine units are connected by urea linkages, and (iii) terminal functional endcapping groups, and (B) a silicate resin;

wherein the process comprises the steps of (a) forming polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer by continuously providing reactants, wherein the reactants comprise at least one polyisocyanate, at least one endcapping agent that has end groups that are reactive under free radical or moisture cure conditions, and at least one polyamine to a reactor, (b) mixing the reactants in the reactor, (c) allowing the reactants to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea copolymer, (d) conveying polymer from the reactor, and (e) incorporating a silicate resin by blending the silicate resin with reactants or the polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer.

28. A curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (a) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the—

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoamine residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are the monoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and monoamine residue terminal units, and (b) a silicate resin.

29. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 28 wherein the monoamine residue terminal units have a free radically curable endcapping group.

30. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 28 wherein the monoamine residue terminal units have a moisture curable endcapping group.

31. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 28 represented by the formula:

wherein;

each R is a monovalent moiety which independently is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl moiety, (ii) a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl radical or higher alkenyl radical, (iii) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl moiety having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety, (v) a perfluoroalkyl group, (vi) a fluorine-containing group, or (vii) a perfluoroether-containing group;

each Z is a polyvalent radical which is (i) an arylene radical or aralkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or (ii) an alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each Y is a divalent moiety which independently is (i) an alkylene radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or (ii) an aralkylene radical or an arylene radical having 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY—

or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralkylene, cycloalkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof;

each D is a monovalent radical which independently is hydrogen, an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl or arylalkyl radical having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each X is a moiety represented by the formula;

(a) a moiety represented by

where each of Z and D are defined as above, and

K is independently (i) a free radical polymerizable end group;

or (ii) a moisture curable group,

m is a number about 0 to 8;

p is about 10 or larger; and

t is about 1 to 12.

32. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 31 wherein K is a free radical polymerizable end group.

33. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 31 wherein K is a moisture curable group.

34. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 31 wherein at least 50% of the R moieties are methyl radicals with the balance being monovalent alkyl or substituted alkyl radicals, alkenylene radicals, phenyl radicals, or substituted phenyl radicals.

35. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 31 wherein Z is 2,6-tolylene, 4,4′

-methylenediphenylene, 3,3′

-dimethoxy-4,4′

-biphenylene, tetramethyl-m-xylylene, 4,4′

-methylenedicyclohexylene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-methylenecyclohexylene, 1,6-hexamethylene, or 1,4-cyclohexylene.

36. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 35 wherein Z tetramethyl-m-xylylene.

37. The polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 28 wherein the silicate resin is an MQ silicate resin, an MQD silicate resin or an MQT silicate resin.

43. A bi-directional vibration damping constrained layer construction comprising at least two rigid members, each rigid member having a broad surface proximate a broad surface of another rigid member and closely spaced therefrom, and a composition comprising the curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 31, wherein the composition is contained between closely spaced, rigid members, adhered to the members, and cured.

44. A process for producing the curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer of claim 28 comprising (a) forming a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer by adding at least one polyisocyanate and at least one monoamine endcapping agent that has end groups that are reactive under free radical or moisture cure conditions to an organic solvent solution of at least one polyamine, wherein the polyamine is at least one polydiorganosiloxane diamine or a mixture of at least one diorganosiloxane diamine and at least one organic polyamine, mixing the solution and allowing the polyisocyanate, monoamine endcapping agent, and polyamine to react to form a polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer, (b) blending the polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer solution with at least one silicate resin, and (c) removing the organic solvent.

45. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 28, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

46. The polydiorganosiloxane diamine oligourea segmented copolymer, according to claim 31, wherein R is a moiety independently selected from (i) a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl moiety having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (ii) radical represented by the formula —

R²(CH₂)_aCH═

CH₂;

wherein R² is —

(CH₂)_b—

or —

(CH₂)_cCH═

CH—

;

a is 1, 2 or 3;

b is 0, 3 or 6; and

c is 3, 4 or 5, (iii) cycloalkyl moiety having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and substituted with an alkyl, fluoroalkyl or vinyl group, or (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

38. A pressure sensitive adhesive article comprising (a) a substrate, and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (i) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (A) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (C) monoamine residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are the monoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (D) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and the monoamine residue terminal units, and (ii) a silicate resin.

39. The pressure sensitive adhesive article according to claim 38, wherein the substrate is paper, polyolefin, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyimide, cellulose acetate, ethyl cellulose, woven fabric formed of threads of synthetic or natural materials, nonwoven fabric, metal, metallized polymeric film, acrylic, silicone, urethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, neoprene rubber, filled and unfilled foamed materials, or ceramic sheet material.

40. The pressure sensitive adhesive article according to claim 38, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is cured.

47. The pressure sensitive adhesive article, according to claim 38, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

41. A hot melt adhesive comprising a curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (a) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue is the polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus the —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue is the polyisocyanate minus the —

NCO groups, (iii) monoamine residue terminal units having a free radically curable or a moisture curable endcapping group, wherein the monoamine residue terminal units are the monoamine minus the —

NDH group with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and (iv) urea linkages connecting the isocyanate residue units, the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units and the monoamine residue terminal units, and (b) a silicate resin.

42. The hot melt adhesive according to claim 41, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer is cured.

48. The hot melt adhesive according to claim 41, wherein the segmented copolymer further includes soft and/or hard organic polyamine residue units, wherein the organic polyamine residue is the organic polyamine minus the —

NDH group, connected to the polydiorganosiloxane units by urea linkages;

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl or a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

49. A curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer having a degree of oligomerization of 3 to 16 comprising (a) an oligourea segmented copolymer having (i) at least two soft polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, wherein the polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units are a polydiorganosiloxane diamine minus all —

NDH groups with D selected from hydrogen, alkyl radicals having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl and a radical that completes a ring structure to form a heterocycle having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, (ii) at least three hard polyisocyanate residue units, wherein the polyisocyanate residue units are a polyisocyanate minus the—

NCO groups, (iii) urea linkages connecting alternating isocyanate residue units and polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units, and (iv) terminal groups having free radically curable end groups, and (b) a silicate resin.

50. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 49 wherein the terminal groups are monoisocyanate residue terminal units each having a free radically curable endcapping group, and urea linkages connect the monoisocyanate residue terminal units to the alternating isocyanate residue units and polydiorganosiloxane diamine residue units.

51. The curable tackified polydiorganosiloxane oligourea segmented copolymer according to claim 49 represented by the formula:

wherein;

each R is a monovalent moiety which independently is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl moiety, (ii) a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl radical or higher alkenyl radical, (iii) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl moiety having about 6 to 12 carbon atoms, (iv) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety, (v) a perfluoroalkyl group, (vi) a fluorine-containing group, or (vii) a perfluoroether-containing group;

each Z is a polyvalent radical which is (i) an arylene radical or aralkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or (ii) an alkylene or cycloalkylene radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each Y is a divalent moiety which independently is (i) an alkylene radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or (ii) an aralkylene radical or an arylene radical having 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each A is independently —

B—

, or —

YSi(R)₂(OSi(R)₂)_pY—

or mixtures thereof;

B is a polyvalent radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene, aralkylene, cycloalkylene, phenylene, polyalkylene oxide and copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof;

each D is a monovalent radical which independently is hydrogen, an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl or arylalkyl radical having about 6 to 20 carbon atoms;

each X is a moiety represented by the formula;

(a) a moiety represented by

where each of Z and D arc defined as above, and

K is a free radical polymerizable end group;

or

(b) a moiety represented by

wherein D and K are defined as above;

m is a number about 0 to 8;

p is about 10 or larger; and

t is about 2 to 12.