Reinforced chloroprene rubber by in situ generated silica particles: Evidence of bound rubber on the silica surface
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Reinforced chloroprene rubber by in situ generated silica particles : Evidence of bound rubber on the silica surface. / Kapgate, Bharat P.; Das, Chayan; Das, Amit; Basu, Debdipta; Wiessner, Sven; Reuter, Uta; Heinrich, Gert.
In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 133, No. 30, 43717, 10.08.2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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T1 - Reinforced chloroprene rubber by in situ generated silica particles
T2 - Evidence of bound rubber on the silica surface
AU - Kapgate, Bharat P.
AU - Das, Chayan
AU - Das, Amit
AU - Basu, Debdipta
AU - Wiessner, Sven
AU - Reuter, Uta
AU - Heinrich, Gert
PY - 2016/8/10
Y1 - 2016/8/10
N2 - Nano silica is generated in situ inside the uncrosslinked chloroprene rubber (CR) by the sol-gel reaction of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). This results in appreciable improvement in mechanical properties of the CR composites at relatively low filler content. Furthermore, exploitation of reactive organosilanes, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (γ-APS) in particular, in the silica synthesis process facilitates growing of spherical silica particles with a size distribution in the range of 20-50 nm. The silica particles are found to be uniformly dispersed and they do not suffer from filler-filler interaction. Additionally, it is observed that the silica particles are coated by silane and rubber chains together which are popularly known as bound rubber. The existence of the bound rubber on silica surface has been supported by the detailed investigations with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX). The interaction between rubber and silica, via bi-functionality of the γ-APS, has been explored by detailed FTIR studies.
AB - Nano silica is generated in situ inside the uncrosslinked chloroprene rubber (CR) by the sol-gel reaction of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). This results in appreciable improvement in mechanical properties of the CR composites at relatively low filler content. Furthermore, exploitation of reactive organosilanes, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (γ-APS) in particular, in the silica synthesis process facilitates growing of spherical silica particles with a size distribution in the range of 20-50 nm. The silica particles are found to be uniformly dispersed and they do not suffer from filler-filler interaction. Additionally, it is observed that the silica particles are coated by silane and rubber chains together which are popularly known as bound rubber. The existence of the bound rubber on silica surface has been supported by the detailed investigations with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX). The interaction between rubber and silica, via bi-functionality of the γ-APS, has been explored by detailed FTIR studies.
KW - bound rubber
KW - in situ silica and silane treatment
KW - transmission electron microscopy
U2 - 10.1002/app.43717
DO - 10.1002/app.43717
M3 - Article
VL - 133
JO - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
SN - 0021-8995
IS - 30
M1 - 43717
ER -