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Nanocomposites based on epoxidized poly(styrene‐co‐butadiene) rubber and graphene nanoplatelets
Author(s) -
Kumar Vineet,
Schneider Uwe,
Rose Viktor,
Giese Ulrich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.47802
Subject(s) - materials science , natural rubber , nanocomposite , styrene butadiene , carbon black , polymer , composite material , elastomer , epoxy , graphene , dynamic mechanical analysis , filler (materials) , styrene , copolymer , nanotechnology
ABSTRACT Nanofillers play as reinforcing agents of the polymer matrix. The reinforcement and dynamic mechanical properties of nanocomposites based on filled epoxidized‐poly(styrene‐co‐butadiene) rubber are investigated. The modification of the polymer matrix allows improvement in polymer–filler interaction, and thus the mechanical properties of the vulcanizates. Here, the rubber was modified by introducing the epoxy functional groups in the matrix. The quantification for epoxidation rate was analyzed by means of NMR and ~8.8% epoxidation was optimized. The nanocomposites were prepared by melt‐mixing technique. The influence of rubber epoxidation in enhancing dynamic mechanical and thermal properties was demonstrated. Stable filler networking using exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets (xg C750) and carbon black (CB‐N234) in epoxidized rubber is described through multihysteresis measurements. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136 , 47802.