Nano-mechanical imaging reveals heterogeneous cross-link distribution in sulfur-vulcanized butadiene-styrene rubber comprising ZnO particles

Polymer ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Glebova ◽  
Valentin Reiter-Scherer ◽  
Sari Suvanto ◽  
Tarmo Korpela ◽  
Tuula T. Pakkanen ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adithya Rangamani ◽  
Christopher A. Alabi

Monomer composition, geometry, cross-link density, and cross-link distribution are the primary determinants of material properties in thermosetting networks.


1998 ◽  
Vol 536 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Wong ◽  
J. E. Bonevich ◽  
P. C. Searson

AbstractColloidal chemistry techniques were used to synthesize ZnO particles in the nanometer size regime. The particle aging kinetics were determined by monitoring the optical band edge absorption and using the effective mass model to approximate the particle size as a function of time. We show that the growth kinetics of the ZnO particles follow the Lifshitz, Slyozov, Wagner theory for Ostwald ripening. In this model, the higher curvature and hence chemical potential of smaller particles provides a driving force for dissolution. The larger particles continue to grow by diffusion limited transport of species dissolved in solution. Thin films were fabricated by constant current electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of the ZnO quantum particles from these colloidal suspensions. All the films exhibited a blue shift relative to the characteristic green emission associated with bulk ZnO. The optical characteristics of the particles in the colloidal suspensions were found to translate to the films.


2020 ◽  
Vol 787 (12) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
L.A. Abdrakhmanova ◽  
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K.R. Khuziakhmetova ◽  
R.K. Nizamov ◽  
V.G. Khozin ◽  
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A comparison of small doses (up to 0.7 mass part) of impact strength modifiers of foreign and domestic production in polyvinylchloride-based compositions is given. Domestic acrylicnitrile- butadiene styrene modifiers (ABS) were used. The developed shock-resistant polyvinylchloride compositions in the presence of ABS elastifier have high melt fluidity, which has a beneficial effect on the recyclability. Changes in supramolecular structure were estimated from thermomechanical testing and electron microscopy data for both unfilled and filled PVC samples. Thermomechanical analysis showed that the presence of ABS modifier had a favorable effect on the technological properties of PVC-based samples. Electron-microscopic images indicate that in unfilled PVC samples, the heterogeneous PVC structure is expressed in the presence of ABS copolymer in comparison with foreign acrylic modifiers. When the compositions are filled with micro-heterogeneous structure in dispersion medium, the filler-polymer is formed by chalk particles, while ABS elasticifier is at the phase interface. Due to the peculiarities of the structure ABS has a higher degree of “fixation” on the surface of the chalk particles in comparison with the basic compositions containing acrylic modifiers, which with increasing chalk concentration leads to lower wear and tear on the top of the forming equipment.


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