Many polymer networks and gels display nanostructural heterogeneity in the form of
spatially inhomogeneous crosslinking densities, along with additional topological defects …

Notwithstanding the evidence against them, classical variational phase-field models
continue to be used and pursued in an attempt to describe fracture nucleation in elastic …

A self-healing sulfur vulcanized natural rubber (NR) is here reported using the common
ingredients in a traditional NR formulation. The dynamic character of the di-and polysulfide …

In this study, modified nanographene oxide (mGO) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced
phenyl silicone rubber (PSR) composites were created and studied. The nanocomposites …

Vulcanization or curing is one of the most important processes in rubber technologies.
During this process, plastic rubber compounds by parallel and subsequent physical and …

Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are functional materials whose stimuli response is
strongly influenced by the composition and structure of the polymer network. LCEs are …

The dynamics of the polymer matrix in filled rubbers is modified by the presence of solid
particles. We used low-field proton NMR to investigate model filled samples consisting of a …

Two series of randomly cross-linked poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) networks with
systematically varying and well-defined dangling chain and defect content were investigated …

Covalently cross-linked rubbers are indispensable in many important fields due to their
unique entropic elasticity. For rubbers cross-linking, the addition of toxic curing agents …

Strain-induced crystallization (SIC) of natural rubber (NR) is characterized during a cyclic
deformation at room temperature and low strain rate (∼ 10–3 s–1) using in situ wide angle X …