Concepts and conflicts in nanoparticles reinforcement to polymers beyond hydrodynamics

Y Song, Q Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
With substantial progresses in reinforcement mechanism of nanoparticle filled polymers
(NPFPs) beyond the hydrodynamic limit, now is the time to reconsider this topic …

Natural rubber nanocomposites: A review

L Bokobza - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews studies carried out on natural rubber filled with nanofillers such as
spherical silica particles (generated by the sol gel reaction), clays and carbon …

Reinforcement of elastomers

G Heinrich, M Klüppel, TA Vilgis - Current opinion in solid state and …, 2002 - Elsevier
The review describes recent research about reinforcement in elastomers where the main
intention is to gain insight into the relationship between disordered filler structure on different …

Enhancing electrical conductivity of rubber composites by constructing interconnected network of self-assembled graphene with latex mixing

Y Zhan, M Lavorgna, G Buonocore… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Vulcanized graphene/natural rubber composites with a conductive segregated network
exhibiting good electrical conductivity, water vapor permeability and high mechanical …

Recent advances in the theory of filler networking in elastomers

G Heinrich, M Klüppel - Filled elastomers drug delivery systems, 2002 - Springer
The viscoelastic properties of (mostly carbon black) filled elastomers are reviewed with
emphasis on the strain-dependence of the complex dynamic modulus (Payne effect) …

Theories and simulations of polymer-based nanocomposites: From chain statistics to reinforcement

G Allegra, G Raos, M Vacatello - Progress in Polymer Science, 2008 - Elsevier
A survey of the present understanding of particle-filled polymers is presented, as obtained
from either theoretical or computational approaches. We concentrate on composites in …

Novel percolation phenomena and mechanism of strengthening elastomers by nanofillers

Z Wang, J Liu, S Wu, W Wang, L Zhang - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-strengthening by employing nanoparticles is necessary for high-efficiency
strengthening of elastomers, which has already been validated by numerous researches …

EPDM−Carbon Black Interactions and the Reinforcement Mechanisms, As Studied by Low-Resolution 1H NMR

VM Litvinov, PAM Steeman - Macromolecules, 1999 - ACS Publications
Proton, low-resolution T 2 NMR relaxation experiments are used to study the adsorption of
EPDM to the surface of carbon blacks and the structure of the physical EPDM/carbon black …

A generalized tube model of rubber elasticity and stress softening of filler reinforced elastomer systems

M Klüppel, J Schramm - Macromolecular theory and …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
An advanced micro‐mechanical model of hyperelasticity and stress softening of reinforced
rubbers is presented that combines a non‐Gaussian tube model of rubber elasticity with a …

Payne effect of silica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber

R Yang, Y Song, Q Zheng - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
Filling significantly reinforces rubbers and introduces rheological nonlinearity, which is
usually ascribed to filler networking and destructuring effects while conceptual conflicts still …