Original Basic Activation for Enhancing Silica Particle Reactivity: Characterization by Liquid Phase Silanization and Silica-Rubber Nanocomposite Properties

Autor: Enzo Moretto, Chuanyu Yan, Reiner Dieden, Pascal Steiner, Benoît Duez, Damien Lenoble, Jean-Sébastien Thomann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Polymers, Vol 14, Iss 9, p 1676 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4360
DOI: 10.3390/polym14091676
Popis: Silica fillers are used in various nanocomposites in combination with silanes as a reinforcing filler. In tire technology, silica is generally functionalized before (pre-treated) or during mixing (in-situ silanization or post-treated). In both cases, a soft base catalyst (e.g., triethylamine or diphenyl guanidine, DPG) is typically used to accelerate and increase the yield of the silane/silica coupling reaction. In this study, we investigated how pre-treatments of silica particles with either strong amine or hydride bases impact the silanization of silica prior to or during SBR mixing for silica-rubber nanocomposite fabrication. Our findings are supported by molecular characterization (solid state 29Si NMR, 1H NMR and TGA), and scanning electron microscopy. In addition, the impact of these silica pre-treatments on a nanocomposite’s mechanical properties was evaluated using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA).
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