M. Tiwari

TL;DR: The surface modification of precipitated silica powders by plasma-polymerization with acetylene monomer in order to improve their performance in NBR, EPDM and NBR/EPDM rubber blends, by matching the surface energies of the silica fillers of the rubbers, is the subject of as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, surface modification of silica by acetylene plasma polymerization is applied in order to improve the dispersion in and compatibility with single rubbers and their blends, and the performance of single polymers and their incompatible blends based on S-SBR and EPDM, filled with untreated, polyacetylene (PA) and silane-treated silica, is investigated by measurements of the bound rubber content, weight loss related to bound rubber, cure kinetics, reinforcement parameter, Payne effect, and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, the surface characteristics of silica were modified by plasma-thiophene and -acetylene film deposition and the plasma-coated fillers were blended with S-SBR and EPDM, and their influence on the final vulcanizate properties was compared with untreated silica and silanized silica.

TL;DR: In this article, the surface characteristics of silica were modified by plasma-thiophene and -acetylene film deposition, and plasma-coated fillers were blended with S-SBR and EPDM, and their influence on the final vulcanizate properties was compared with untreated silica and silanized silica.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that a more balanced distribution of cross-links, along with a more homogeneous carbon black dispersion over the different rubber phases, can result in improved tensile properties.