Solution intercalation/blending rubber-clay nanocomposites

Nitrile rubber (NBR)-clay nanocomposites have been successfully prepared with mainly exfoliated and partially-intercalated structures in some cases, and intercalated structure in others. The preparation of NBR-clay has been reported via different processing techniques such as melt intercalation (internal blending), solution blending, ball milling of surfactant treated layered clay in emulsified solution and followed by latex shear blending, and by co-coagulating the nitrile mbber latex and layered silicate aqueous suspension followed by two-... 

Silicone rubber nano composites have been prepared by solution blending, melt intercalation and in-situ polymerization modified clay [125, 142, 143,172, 173]. The maximal tensile strength and compressive strength of CTAB modified MMT (6 wt%)/phenylmethylsilicone nanocomposite in comparison to pure silicone are found to be five and four times higher respectively [41]. Wang et al. [143] used CTAB-modified MMT in the synthesis of silicone rubber nanocomposites and concluded that the tensile strength of... 

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