Silica is the rubber industry's most essential and cost-effective reinforcing filler after carbon
black. The silica reinforcement mechanism with a non-polar elastomer is complicated by the …

The influences of nanosilica and modified nanosilica on cure, compression set, mechanical
and swelling characteristics are studied in blends of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer …

With anionic polymerization, the solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) and
solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber with alkoxysilane-functionalization at two …

Silica modified by using 3-mercaptopropyl-ethyoxyl-di (tridecyl-pentamethoxy)-silane (Si-
747), which is a silane coupling agent with long arms, was investigated in this research. The …

In this study, we investigated the effects of untreated precipitated silica (PSi) and fly ash
silica (FASi) as fillers on the properties of natural rubber (NR) and styrene–butadiene rubber …

Realizing and manipulating a fine dispersion of silica nanoparticles (NPs) in the polymer
matrix is always a great challenge. In this work, we first successfully synthesized N, N′-bis …

The dichotomy between mechanical performance and repairability is a well‐known fact in
the self‐healing field. One alternative to overcome this trade‐off is the inclusion of …

Silane coupling agent is used extensively to improve reinforcing efficiency of silica.
Recently, many types of silane coupling agents have been developed and their roles on …

Natural silica in fly ash (FA) particles of 30 and 60 phr were incorporated as reinforcing filler
in natural rubber (NR) compounds. Improvements of cure characteristics and mechanical …

The methoxy-type silane coupling agents were synthesized via the modification of the
hydrolyzable group and characterized to investigate the change in properties of silica/rubber …