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The filler-rubber interface in styrene butadiene nanocomposites with anisotropic silica particles: morphology and dynamic properties
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SYSNO ASEP 0444314 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The filler-rubber interface in styrene butadiene nanocomposites with anisotropic silica particles: morphology and dynamic properties Author(s) Tadiello, L. (IT)
D´Arienzo, M. (IT)
Di Credico, B. (IT)
Hanel, T. (IT)
Matějka, Libor (UMCH-V) RID
Mauri, M. (IT)
Morazzoni, F. (IT)
Simonutti, R. (IT)
Špírková, Milena (UMCH-V) RID, ORCID
Scotti, R. (IT)Source Title Soft Matter - ISSN 1744-683X
Roč. 11, č. 20 (2015), s. 4022-4033Number of pages 12 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords nanocomposites ; silica particles ; polymer Subject RIV CD - Macromolecular Chemistry Institutional support UMCH-V - RVO:61389013 UT WOS 000354449100009 EID SCOPUS 84929358881 DOI 10.1039/C5SM00536A Annotation Silica–styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) nanocomposites were prepared by using shape-controlled spherical and rod-like silica nanoparticles (NPs) with different aspect ratios (AR = 1–5), obtained by a sol–gel route assisted by a structure directing agent. The nanocomposites were used as models to study the influence of the particle shape on the formation of nanoscale immobilized rubber at the silica-rubber interface and its effect on the dynamic-mechanical behavior. TEM and AFM tapping mode analyses of nanocomposites demonstrated that the silica particles are surrounded by a rubber layer immobilized at the particle surface. The spherical filler showed small contact zones between neighboring particles in contact with thin rubber layers, while anisotropic particles (AR > 2) formed domains of rods preferentially aligned along the main axis. A detailed analysis of the polymer chain mobility by different time domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) techniques evidenced a population of rigid rubber chains surrounding particles, whose amount increases with the particle anisotropy, even in the absence of significant differences in terms of chemical crosslinking. Dynamic measurements demonstrate that rod-like particles induce stronger reinforcement of rubber, increasing with the AR. This was related to the self-alignment of the anisotropic silica particles in domains able to immobilize rubber. Workplace Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Contact Eva Čechová, cechova@imc.cas.cz ; Tel.: 296 809 358 Year of Publishing 2016
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