Model filled rubber Part V Mechanical properties of rubbery composites |
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Authors: | J. J. Cai R. Salovey |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1211, USA |
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Abstract: | Monodisperse size crosslinked polymeric particles of specific chemical compositions, synthesized by emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization, were used as model fillers to study the effect of filler chemical composition on stress-strain behavior of rubbery composites. The modulus, E or G of filled composites increased while the stress and the strain at break decreased with increasing filler-matrix interactions. Physical crosslinking, either due to particle clustering or a network of filler particles with an adsorbed polymer layer supplemented chemical crosslinking. As a result, the overall crosslink density(chemical and physical) was effectively enhanced. The strength of the physical networks, and hence the stiffness of the composites increases with increasing particle-matrix interactions. However, excessively strong matrix-filler interaction would cause a loss of polymer flexibility at the particle-matrix interface, resulting in a decreased stress and elongation at break of the particle filled composites in the order PS > PMMA > PSVP. |
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