Interfacial mechano-chemical grafting in styrene-butadiene rubber/halloysite nanotubes composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixin Jia ◽  
Tiwen Xu ◽  
Shuyan Yang ◽  
Yuanfang Luo ◽  
Demin Jia
Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Lin ◽  
Dechao Hu ◽  
Yuanfang Luo ◽  
Bangchao Zhong ◽  
Yongjun Chen ◽  
...  

Vulcanization and reinforcement are critical factors in governing the ultimate practical applications of elastomer composites. Here we achieved a simultaneous improvement of curing and mechanical properties of elastomer composites by the incorporation of a functionalized halloysite nanotubes–silica hybrid (HS-s-M). Typically, HS-s-M was synthesized by 2-mercapto benzothiazole (M) immobilized on the surface of halloysite nanotubes–silica hybrid (HS). It was found that the HS-s-M uniformly dispersed in the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) matrix, offering more opportunity for M molecules to communicate with rubber. In addition, the physical loss of accelerator M from migration and volatilization was efficiently suspended. Therefore, SBR/HS-s-M composites showed a lower curing activation energy and a higher crosslinking density than SBR/HS composites. Moreover, a stronger interfacial interaction between HS-s-M and SBR was formed by the cross-linking reaction, giving a positive contribution to the eventual mechanical properties. The possible vulcanization and reinforcement mechanisms of SBR/HS-s-M composites were also analyzed in detail.


2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 1091-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Raman ◽  
S. Rooj ◽  
A. Das ◽  
K. W. Stöckelhuber ◽  
F. Simon ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjun Tang ◽  
Dingding Zhou ◽  
Junhua Zhang

Novel polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) latex/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) nanocomposites were successfully prepared through physical blending. The as-obtained PVA/SBR/CMC/HNTs nanocomposites were coated on the surface of old corrugated container (OCC)-based paper in an effort to improve the mechanical properties of paper. To improve the dispersion of HNTs and enhance the compatibility between HNTs and polymer matrix, HNTs were modified with titanate coupling agent (TCA). FT-IR, together with TGA, confirmed that TCA was grafted onto the surface of HNTs successfully. XRD demonstrated that the crystal structures of HNTs remained almost unchanged. TEM showed that modified HNTs exhibited good dispersion and possessed nanotubular structures with an outer diameter of around 50 nm and an inner diameter of about 20 nm. SEM gave an indication that modified HNTs were dispersed more uniformly than unmodified HNTs within PVA/SBR/CMC matrix. Rheological measurement exhibited that surface modification process enhanced the compatibility between HNTs and polymer matrix, thus resulting in the decreased viscosity of nanocomposites. In comparison with unmodified HNTs, modified HNTs were found to contribute more to the enhancement in mechanical properties, which might be attributed to the better dispersion and compatibility of modified HNTs evidenced by TEM, SEM, and rheological measurement.


2009 ◽  
Vol 255 (16) ◽  
pp. 7329-7336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baochun Guo ◽  
Feng Chen ◽  
Yanda Lei ◽  
Xiaoliang Liu ◽  
Jingjing Wan ◽  
...  

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