[HTML][HTML] Filled Elastomers: Mechanistic and Physics-Driven Modeling and Applications as Smart Materials

W Xian, YS Zhan, A Maiti, AP Saab, Y Li - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Elastomers are made of chain-like molecules to form networks that can sustain large
deformation. Rubbers are thermosetting elastomers that are obtained from irreversible …

Synthesis, characterization and properties of vinyl-terminated poly [dimethylsiloxane-co-methyl (phenyl) siloxane]

S Wang, Z Peng, Y Huang, M Zhu, Y Liu, Y Zhang - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Phenyl-containing polysiloxanes have better thermal stability, low-temperature flexibility,
and room-temperature damping performance than polydimethylsiloxanes. Poly …

Development of a coarse-grained molecular dynamics model for poly (dimethyl-co-diphenyl) siloxane

W Xian, A Maiti, AP Saab, Y Li - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polydimethylsiloxane is an important polymeric material with a wide range of applications.
However, environmental effects like low temperature can induce crystallization in this …