Volume 120, Issue 6 pp. 3196-3203

Research of styrene-butadiene rubber/silicon-aluminum oxides nanotube binary nanocomposites

Qingguo Wang

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Qingguo Wang

Key Laboratory of Rubber-plastics of Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China

Key Laboratory of Rubber-plastics of Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China===Search for more papers by this author
Wenxiu Gao

Wenxiu Gao

Key Laboratory of Rubber-plastics of Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China

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Liqun Zhang

Liqun Zhang

Key Laboratory of Beijing City on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

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First published: 11 February 2011
Citations: 8

Abstract

A novel silicon-aluminum oxides (Si-Al) nanotubes with length ranging from 500 to 1000 nm were introduced to fabricate the styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/Si-Al nanotube binary nanocomposites. Scanning electron microscope observation showed the Si-Al nanotubes up to 20 parts per hundred parts of rubber (phr) loading level were dispersed well in SBR matrix. Mechanical properties tests, thermogravimetry analysis and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis revealed that the Si-Al nanotubes have the effects on improving shore A hardness, tensile strength, tear strength, initial decomposition temperature, and storage modulus while lower the maximum loss factor (tan δ) of the SBR/Si-Al nanotube binary nanocomposites. FTIR spectra analysis showed that new SiO bond was generated between the hydroxyl group of Si-Al nanotube and the coupling reagent Si69. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011

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