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Thermostable Natural Rubber with Cellular Structure Using Thin Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Sugiura Tomiyoshi,
Noguchi Toru,
Ueki Hiroyuki,
Niihara Kenichi,
Takeuchi Kenji,
Yang CheolMin,
Hayashi Takuya,
Kim Yoong Ahm,
Endo Morinobu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201000309
Subject(s) - natural rubber , materials science , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , molecule , thin film , nanotechnology , nanotube , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Mechanically strong yet flexible natural rubber, thermally stable at 120 °C, is fabricated by a simple approach. Thin multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are found to form a continuous, three‐dimensional cellular structure, the result of strong interfacial bonding between the MWNTs and the rubber molecules.