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The Influence of Block Copolymers on Silica-Filled Polyisoprene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Daniel Gurovich ,
Christopher W. Macosko  and
Matthew Tirrell
Daniel Gurovich
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.
Christopher W. Macosko
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.
Matthew Tirrell
Affiliation:
College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, U.S.A. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The influence of PDMS-polyisoprene diblock copolymers on the dynamic rheological properties of silica-filled uncured polyisoprene was investigated. Unlike binary silica-polyisoprene systems, the ternary systems in our study showed a decrease in low-amplitude dynamic storage modulus (G') with room-temperature storage time. This aging behaviour is accompanied by an increase in the concentration PDMS segments at the filler-polymer interface, as measured by solid-state 1H NMR. The decrease in G' is thus attributed to a progressive disruption of a filler-filler network by selective block copolymer adsorption onto the filler surface.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 661: Symposium KK – Filled & Nanocomposite Polymer Materials , 2000 , KK7.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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