Effect of Hybrid Fillers on the Non-Linear
Viscoelasticity of Rubber Composites
and Nanocomposites
Suryakanta Nayak and Tapan Kumar Chaki
Abstract The present chapter focuses on the effect of hybrid fillers on the
non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of rubber composites and nanocomposites. The
viscoelastic behaviour of rubber composites include different properties like cure
behavior, rheology, creep, and dynamic mechanical analysis etc. The properties
measured under dynamic mechanical analysis are storage and loss moduli and tan δ.
The variation of storage and loss moduli of rubber composites filled with different
types of filler are discussed in detail. The non-linear viscoelastic behaviour (Payne
effect) of rubber composites containing single filler are also discussed. The effect of
various hybrid fillers on rubber composites are also discussed in detail and found
composites containing hybrid fillers give better mechanical and viscoelastic properties than composites containing single filler. Composites containing hybrid fillers
carry the properties of individual fillers. So composites of hybrid fillers are getting
importance because they offer a range of properties that cannot be achieved with a
single filler. Rubber composites containing hybrid fillers are promising class of
materials with emerging applications in different fields like materials science,
nanotechnology, and nanobiotechnology etc.
Keywords Hybrid filler • Viscoelastic property • Non-linear • Nanocomposites
• Rubber
1 Introduction
Nanocomposites are the composites where at least one of the phases shows dimensions in the nanometer range. These composites are high performance materials
which exhibit unusual property combinations and unique designs and are thought of
as the materials of the twenty-first century [1]. It has been reported in the earlier
literatures that at the nanoscale (below about 100 nm), a material’s/composite’s
property can change dramatically. The reduction in size of the material without
S. Nayak • T.K. Chaki (*)
Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, WB 721302, India
e-mail: tapan@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
D. Ponnamma, S. Thomas (eds.), Non-Linear Viscoelasticity of Rubber Composites and
Nanocomposites, Advances in Polymer Science 264, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08702-3_6
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Viscoelasticity of Rubber Composites
and Nanocomposites
Suryakanta Nayak and Tapan Kumar Chaki
Abstract The present chapter focuses on the effect of hybrid fillers on the
non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of rubber composites and nanocomposites. The
viscoelastic behaviour of rubber composites include different properties like cure
behavior, rheology, creep, and dynamic mechanical analysis etc. The properties
measured under dynamic mechanical analysis are storage and loss moduli and tan δ.
The variation of storage and loss moduli of rubber composites filled with different
types of filler are discussed in detail. The non-linear viscoelastic behaviour (Payne
effect) of rubber composites containing single filler are also discussed. The effect of
various hybrid fillers on rubber composites are also discussed in detail and found
composites containing hybrid fillers give better mechanical and viscoelastic properties than composites containing single filler. Composites containing hybrid fillers
carry the properties of individual fillers. So composites of hybrid fillers are getting
importance because they offer a range of properties that cannot be achieved with a
single filler. Rubber composites containing hybrid fillers are promising class of
materials with emerging applications in different fields like materials science,
nanotechnology, and nanobiotechnology etc.
Keywords Hybrid filler • Viscoelastic property • Non-linear • Nanocomposites
• Rubber
1 Introduction
Nanocomposites are the composites where at least one of the phases shows dimensions in the nanometer range. These composites are high performance materials
which exhibit unusual property combinations and unique designs and are thought of
as the materials of the twenty-first century [1]. It has been reported in the earlier
literatures that at the nanoscale (below about 100 nm), a material’s/composite’s
property can change dramatically. The reduction in size of the material without
S. Nayak • T.K. Chaki (*)
Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, WB 721302, India
e-mail: tapan@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
D. Ponnamma, S. Thomas (eds.), Non-Linear Viscoelasticity of Rubber Composites and
Nanocomposites, Advances in Polymer Science 264, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08702-3_6
135