Abstract
This chapter surveys some recent researches on two main classes of processing methods for the preparation of rubber-based nanocomposites: (a) directly compounding nanoparticles into the matrix; and (b) in-situ generation of the nanodispersion phase during vulcanization through in-situ radical polymerization of metallic salts of unsaturated carboxylic acid. The characteristics of microstructure and properties of the corresponding rubber nanocomposites related to processing conditions are reviewed. The microstructural evolutions of rubber-based nanocomposites, including rubber filled with carbon black or silica and rubber/layered silica nanocomposites during storage and the curing process, and their influence on properties of the nanocomposites, are also introduced.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Polymer Processing |
| Subtitle of host publication | From Macro- to Nano-Scales |
| Publisher | Woodhead Publishing Limited |
| Pages | 479-551 |
| Number of pages | 73 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781845693961 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 30 May 2009 |
Keywords
- In-situ generation
- Latex compounding
- Melt blending
- Nanocomposites.
- Rubber