Nonlinear Viscoelasticity in Three
Dimensional Filler Reinforced Rubber
Composites and Nanocomposites
Michał Strankowski
Abstract This chapter describes the influence of three-dimensional nanofillers
used in elastomers on the nonlinear viscoelastic properties. In particular, this part
focuses and investigates the most important three-dimensional nanoparticles, which
are used to produce rubber nanocomposites. The rheological and the dynamic
mechanical properties of elastomeric polymers, reinforced with spherical
nanoparticles, like POSS, titanium dioxide and nanosilica, were described. These
(3D) nanofillers in are used polymeric matrices, to create new, improved rubber
nanocomposites, and these affect many of the system’s parameters (mechanical,
chemical, physical) in comparison with conventional composites. The distribution
of the nanosized fillers and interaction between nanofiller-nanofiller and nanofillermatrix, in nanocomposite systems, is crucial for understanding their behavior under
dynamic-mechanical conditions.
Keywords Three-dimensional fillers • Nanofillers • Composites • Nanocomposites
• Rubbers
Abbreviations
0D
Zero-dimensional nanoparticle
3D
Three-dimensional nanofiller
AC
Coupling agent
ACM
Acrylic rubber
APMDS
Aminopropylmethyldiethoxysilane
APTS
3-Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane
AR
Covering agent
ENR
Epoxidized natural rubber
HDTMS
Hexsadecyltrimethoxysilane
MPTS
Methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane
MWCNT Multiwall carbon nanotubes
M. Strankowski (*)
Chemical Faculty, Polymer Technology Department, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12
Narutowicza Street, 80233 Gdansk, Poland
e-mail: micstran@pg.gda.pl
© 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_4
59
Dimensional Filler Reinforced Rubber
Composites and Nanocomposites
Michał Strankowski
Abstract This chapter describes the influence of three-dimensional nanofillers
used in elastomers on the nonlinear viscoelastic properties. In particular, this part
focuses and investigates the most important three-dimensional nanoparticles, which
are used to produce rubber nanocomposites. The rheological and the dynamic
mechanical properties of elastomeric polymers, reinforced with spherical
nanoparticles, like POSS, titanium dioxide and nanosilica, were described. These
(3D) nanofillers in are used polymeric matrices, to create new, improved rubber
nanocomposites, and these affect many of the system’s parameters (mechanical,
chemical, physical) in comparison with conventional composites. The distribution
of the nanosized fillers and interaction between nanofiller-nanofiller and nanofillermatrix, in nanocomposite systems, is crucial for understanding their behavior under
dynamic-mechanical conditions.
Keywords Three-dimensional fillers • Nanofillers • Composites • Nanocomposites
• Rubbers
Abbreviations
0D
Zero-dimensional nanoparticle
3D
Three-dimensional nanofiller
AC
Coupling agent
ACM
Acrylic rubber
APMDS
Aminopropylmethyldiethoxysilane
APTS
3-Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane
AR
Covering agent
ENR
Epoxidized natural rubber
HDTMS
Hexsadecyltrimethoxysilane
MPTS
Methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane
MWCNT Multiwall carbon nanotubes
M. Strankowski (*)
Chemical Faculty, Polymer Technology Department, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12
Narutowicza Street, 80233 Gdansk, Poland
e-mail: micstran@pg.gda.pl
© 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_4
59