Limited petroleum sources, suitable law regulations, and higher awareness within society
has caused sustainable development of manufacturing and recycling of polymer blends and …

Up to now, rubber materials have been used in a wide range of applications, from
automotive parts to special-design engineering pieces, as well as in the pharmaceutical …

The magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are novel multifunctional materials wherein
their viscoelastic properties can be varied instantly under an application of applied magnetic …

Tension–compression operation in MR elastomers (MREs) offers both the most compact
design and superior stiffness in many vertical load-bearing applications, such as MRE …

We analyze theoretically the field-induced microstructural deformations in a hybrid
elastomer, that consists of a polymer matrix filled with a mixture of magnetically soft and …

Being able to predict and understand the behaviour of soft magnetic materials paves the
way to their technological applications. In this study we analyse the magnetic response of …

In this work, a mixed variational formulation to simulate quasi‐incompressible electro‐active
or magneto‐active polymers immersed in the surrounding free space is presented. A novel …

The isotropic and anisotropic magnetic permeability of Magneto-Rheological Elastomers
(MREs) is identified using a simple inverse modelling approach. This involves measuring …

Nanocomposites were prepared via melt blending, based on organically modified clays
(OC), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and graphitic nanofillers made by a few layers of graphene …

Smart materials properties are altered using external stimuli such as temperature, pressure
and magnetic field. Magnetorheological Elastomer (MRE) is a type of smart composite …