1. Preparation of Halloysite Nanotubes--Silica Hybrid Supported Vulcanization Accelerator for Enhancing Interfacial and Mechanical Strength of Rubber Composites.
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Bangchao Zhong, Huanhuan Dong, Jing Lin, Zhixin Jia, Yuanfang Luo, Demin Jia, and Fang Liu
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HALLOYSITE , *NANOTUBES , *INTERFACIAL tension , *TENSILE strength , *VULCANIZATION accelerators , *RUBBER , *CROSSLINKING (Polymerization) - Abstract
To enhance the interfacial interaction between rubber and hybrid nanofiller (HS) consisting of halloysite nanotubes and silica, and simultaneously prevent migration and volatilization of rubber additives, commercial vulcanization accelerator N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazole sulfenamide (CZ) was chemically grafted onto HS to obtain a functionalized nanofiller (HS-s-CZ). It was found that the grafted CZ molecules within an inorganic host structure have better efficiency to accelerate cross-linking reaction than free CZ molecules. In addition, HS-s-CZ could be evenly dispersed into styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) with further improved filler-rubber interaction compared with that between HS and SBR. Consequently, SBR/HS-s-CZ composites exhibited greater mechanical strength than SBR/HS composites containing equivalent accelerator component, showing 45% increase in tensile strength when the filler content was 40 phr. Potentially, this work offers a new design strategy for the surface modification of nanofiller and preparation of high-efficiency rubber additives, which may represent a new path for preparing high-performance elastomer composites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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