VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates Markets & Applications
Application - Radiation Curing Formulation
Evonik’s VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates portfolio for 3D printing offers advanced functional methacrylates for radiation-curable formulations, enabling formulators to elevate the performance of their 3D printing resins. These methacrylates enhance solvency for oligomers, improve printability, and allow precise tuning of mechanical properties. Difunctional monomers like VISIOMER® HEMA-TMDI deliver high mechanical strength through enhanced intermolecular bonding, high heat deflection temperature (HDT), and fast curing kinetics for rapid layer formation. It also contributes to improved toughness when combined with other hydroxyl-functional monomers. VISIOMER® GDMA supports strong crosslinking performance, while VISIOMER® IBOA offers good UV curing and high mechanical properties after curing, along with excellent weather and chemical resistance, making it ideal for high-performance applications. For sustainable innovation, VISIOMER® Terra PEG 200 DMA and VISIOMER® Terra ISDMA — both partially bio-based —support the development of advanced resin formulations for 3D printing. VISIOMER® Terra PEG 200 DMA acts as a reactive diluent with low odor and low hazard potential, while VISIOMER® Terra ISDMA enables high heat deflection temperatures through effective crosslinking. With VISIOMER®, formulators gain a versatile toolbox for creating high-performance, customizable, and sustainability-driven 3D printing resins for SLA and DLP technologies.
Application - Dental Care
Artificial teeth and dentures are manufactured using the monomer/polymer method. Here, formulations typically contain a certain amount of multifunctional methacrylates, e.g. VISIOMER® EGDMA. Composites for crowns and bridges, fillings and adhesives contain high molecular weight multifunctional methacrylates that show minimum shrinkage during polymerization, e.g. VISIOMER® HEMATMDI, as well as low-molecular-weight multifunctional methacrylates for viscosity adjustment, such as VISIOMER® TRGDMA. Dental applications also require monomers that can be light cured. Due to its reactivity, VISIOMER® HEMATMDI is one of the methacrylate monomers that is specifically dedicated to this application.
Application - Anaerobic Adhesives
Structural adhesives for lightweight design and a durable bonding of dissimilar materials
The growing need in the aerospace, transportation and automotive industry for more sustainable solutions leads to an increased demand for structural adhesives capable of bonding lightweight yet dissimilar materials—such as steel, aluminum, thermoplastics and composite materials. Replacing metal, screw connections, and heavy material joints with bonded lightweight solutions, contributes to reduced fuel and energy consumption, and ultimately helps lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Label-friendly, Low-Odor, High-Performance: VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates for Structural Bonding
Methacrylate-based adhesives offer strong bonding to a wide range of metals and polymers with minimal surface preparation. They are valued for their rapid curing time, proven durability, and ability to provide high shear, peel, and impact strength while resisting chemicals and corrosion. Unlike conventional reactive methacrylates like MMA and THFMA—often linked to either high volatility, flammability, strong odor or strict hazard classifications—Evonik’s VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates, including VISIOMER® BNMA and Terra IPGMA, provide innovative, label-friendly and low-odor to nearly odorless alternatives. These monomers enhance user safety and comfort, support regulatory compliance by reducing VOCs, and are listed under TSCA and REACH. Partially bio-based, VISIOMER® Terra Methacrylates like VISIOMER® Terra IBOMA lower environmental impact while delivering uncompromising performance, such as high mechanical strength and temperature resistance —making them ideal for next generation adhesive solutions across industries.
Application - Structural Adhesives
Label-friendly, Low-Odor, High-Performance: VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates for Structural Bonding
Methacrylate-based adhesives offer strong bonding to a wide range of metals and polymers with minimal surface preparation. They are valued for their rapid curing time, proven durability, and ability to provide high shear, peel, and impact strength while resisting chemicals and corrosion. Unlike conventional reactive methacrylates like MMA and THFMA—often linked to either high volatility, flammability, strong odor or strict hazard classifications—Evonik’s VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates, including VISIOMER® BNMA and Terra IPGMA, provide innovative, label-friendly and low-odor to nearly odorless alternatives. These monomers enhance user safety and comfort, support regulatory compliance by reducing VOCs, and are listed under TSCA and REACH. Partially bio-based, VISIOMER® Terra methacrylates like VISIOMER® Terra IBOMA lower environmental impact while delivering uncompromising performance, such as high mechanical strength and temperature resistance —making them ideal for next generation adhesive solutions across industries.
Application: Water-Based Adhesives
Bonding Performance with Responsibility – Water-Based Adhesives for a Sustainable Future
In today’s world of advanced materials and sustainable innovation, water-based adhesives are gaining traction as a reliable and eco-conscious bonding solution. These adhesives form a bond between two substrates, and once the water within the formulation evaporates or is absorbed, only the adhesive remains—delivering performance without compromise.
VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates for Pressure Sensitive Adhesives
Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSAs) are a cornerstone of modern adhesive technology, especially in industries like packaging, labeling, and lamination. Evonik provides comprehensive solutions for pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA), ensuring high adhesive performance and versatility for various applications. Our offerings include additives for high-quality adhesive formulations and essential components like release liners and silicone release coatings.
Acrylic PSAs, in particular, offer excellent adhesion, clarity, and durability—making them ideal for tapes, labels, and protective films.
To enhance the performance of water-based PSAs, we offer methacrylate monomers such as VISIOMER® MEEU 25 M and VISIOMER® MEEU 50 W. These monomers act as comonomers in emulsion polymer formulations, improving both adhesion and cohesion. Their inclusion helps tailor the mechanical properties of the adhesive, ensuring it performs reliably across a wide range of substrates and conditions. Building on this, VISIOMER® HEMA-P enhances adhesion to polar substrates such as metal and glass by incorporating phosphoric acid ester groups into acrylic PSA formulations—delivering stronger, more reliable bonds in demanding applications.
Evonik’s portfolio of adhesives components is designed to support manufacturers in creating high-performance adhesives that meet the demands of modern applications while aligning with environmental goals.
Application - Crop Protection & Treatment
Specialty solutions for crop formulations and water management to increase agricultural performance.
Highly efficient plant protection is more important than ever before with the world’s population on the rise and global climate changes being felt around the world. The appropriate use of fertilizer and crop protection products such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, biocides and biostimulants helps to minimize crop losses.
Evonik offers specialty adjuvants, additive solutions, biocompatible formulants, seed treatment additives and water management solutions that increase agricultural performance and sustainability. Our specialty adjuvants (tank-mix) are surfactants or surface-active agents that change the physical properties of the spray solutions. Adjuvants are determined by the mode of action from the nozzle to the target. Our solvents, based on VESTASOL® IP, play a remarkable role in the agrochemical industry. Their special properties allow formulations that permit a very fine and optimum distribution of herbicides or pesticide, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the active agent.
Polymeric Surfactant Solutions with VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates
Evonik’s portfolio is further enhanced by our VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates, which serve as powerful building blocks for polymeric surfactants in demanding agrochemical formulations. These innovative monomers enable tailored performance by improving formulation stability, active ingredient dispersibility, and surface interaction—ensuring reliable handling, application, and persistence on crops across all levels of water hardness. Hydrophilic VISIOMER® grades, such as VISIOMER® MPEG 750 MA W or VISIOMER® MPEG 1005 MA W, support solubility and dispersion in aqueous systems. For hydrophobic functionality, VISIOMER® Terra C13-MA, Terra C17,4 MA, and BNMA offer tunable adsorption, rainfastness, and flocculation control through varying degrees of hydrophobicity. This versatility allows formulators to design surfactants that meet the specific challenges of modern crop protection—ensuring reliable performance across diverse environmental conditions and application methods.