Fig. 14 Schematic comparison, how silica surface polarity and the silica loading impact the
hydrogen bonding interactions and the other composites’ properties (continuous line Si-OH,
broken line Si-Ph, dotted line degree of PB (polybutadiene) modification (Reprinted from [52])
Fig. 15 Polymer silica
morphology under low and
high strain in (a) less polar
matrices and (b) more polar
matrices (Based on [18])
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