Cross-linked elastomers are reinforced elastomers with high stretchability and toughness.
However, most elastomeric materials lose their toughness due to the accumulation of …

Vulcanized natural/wastes rubber blends were prepared and their elastocaloric properties
were analysed. A thermodynamic frame was used to discriminate the contributions of …

Strain induced crystallization (SIC) of peroxide vulcanized natural rubber (NR)/ground tire
rubber (GTR) composites is studied by combining mechanical and microstructural …

Synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography (SR μCT) was employed to study the
cavitation phenomena upon cyclic tensile loading prior to and after thermal exposure of …

As a popular “green” engineering plastic, stereocomplex-type polylactide (SC-PLA) exhibits
great application potential in various fields owing to its outstanding physicochemical …

The relaxation of the local conformation of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM)
rubber at the quartz interface was examined by sum frequency generation (SFG) …

Devulcanization represents the recycling of choice for a homogenous rubber waste stream
because it allows revulcanization of samples previously devulcanized, making the life of the …

A multiscale approach was proposed to investigate cavitation micro-mechanisms
developing in silica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber exposed to fatigue and cyclic tensile …

Chains and filler network damage were investigated during single and multiple cycles on a
series of vulcanized EPDM containing various filler contents. In both series of experiments, a …

Cavitation phenomena were resolved in silica-filled styrene-butadiene-rubber composite
upon cyclic tensile testing, prior to and after an accelerated thermal exposure. To this end …