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Glassy interphases reinforce elastomeric nanocomposites by enhancing percolation-driven volume expansion under strain
Pierre Kawak, Harshad Bhapkar, David S. Simmons
For nearly a century, introduction of nanoparticles to elastomers has yielded extraordinarily tough nanocomposites that are critical to technologies from actuators to tires. The me…
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On the origin of heating-induced softening and enthalpic reinforcement in elastomeric nanocomposites
Pierre Kawak, Harshad Bhapkar, David S. Simmons
Despite a century of use, the mechanism of nanoparticle-driven mechanical reinforcement of elastomers is unresolved. A major hypothesis attributes it to glassy interparticle bridge…