A Novel Thermotropic Elastomer based on Highly‐filled LDH‐SSB Composites
- 23 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Macromolecular Rapid Communications
- Vol. 33 (4) , 337-342
Abstract
Elastomeric composites are prepared based on solution styrene butadiene elastomer and zinc-aluminium layered double hydroxides (LDH), using a conventional sulphur cure system. Up to 100 parts per hundred rubber of LDH are incorporated into the elastomer matrix. The composites exhibit an interesting phenomenon of thermoreversible transparency, i.e. the transparent sample becomes opaque at warm condition and restores the transparency at room temperature. The transparency is found to be increased as the amount of LDH was increased. The addition of LDH gradually improved the mechanical, dynamic mechanical performance and thermal stability of the base elastomer. These developped elastomers could be utilised as smart materials in different applications.Keywords
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