Plasma-coated fullerene carbon black

Fig. 11 image of plasma-coated fullerene carbon black... 

Fig. 27 Payne effect of fullerene carbon black (FS) and plasma-coated fullerene carbon black (PCFS) in SBR at increasing loadings...

Fig. 30 images of a 50 50 SBR/EPDM blend with (a) 40 phr fullerene carbon black (b) plasma-coated fullerene carbon black (c) unstained section with fullerene carbon black (d) unstained section with plasma-coated fullerene carbon black... 

Application of a plasma coating onto carbon black is very difficult compared to silica. It was only practically feasible for fullerene soot (left over from the fullerene production), which contains a large amount of reactive groups on its surface. Polyacetylene-plasma-treated fullerene soot provides an improved dispersion in SBR and in a SBR/EPDM blend compared to untreated fullerene black. However, the effect on the stress-strain properties is rather limited and the coating has only a slight effect on the final properties. 

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