Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11147/1920
Title: Aggregation of fillers blended into random elastomeric networks: Theory and comparison with experiments
Authors: Demir, Mustafa Muammer
Menceloğlu, Yusuf Ziya
Erman, Burak
Keywords: Nanoparticles
Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
Silica
Aggregation
Fillers
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Source: Demir, M.M., Menceloǧlu, Y. Z., and Erman B. (2006). Aggregation of fillers blended into random elastomeric networks: Theory and comparison with experiments. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 207(16), 1515-1524. doi:10.1002/macp.200600185
Abstract: A theoretical model describing aggregation of filler particles in amorphous elastomers is proposed. The model is based on a counting technique originally used in genome analysis to characterize the size and distribution of overlapping segments randomly placed on a DNA molecule. In the present model, the particles are first assumed to aggregate randomly upon mixing into the elastomer and then-sizes are calculated. The sizes and distributions of aggregates are also studied in the presence of attractive interparticle forces. Results of the proposed model are compared with experimental data on silica-filled end-linked poly(dimethyl-siloxane) networks. Comparison of the theory and experiment shows that the random aggregation assumption where no attractive forces exist between the particles is not valid and a significant attraction between the silica particles is needed in the theory to justify the experimental data obtained using atomic force microscopy. For filler content below 1.45 vol.-%, the model agrees, qualitatively, with experiment and shows the increase in cluster size with increasing amount of filler. It also explains the increase in the dispersion of aggregate sizes with increasing amount of filler.
URI: http://doi.org/10.1002/macp.200600185
http://hdl.handle.net/11147/1920
ISSN: 1022-1352
1521-3935
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