Local chain deformation and overstrain in reinforced elastomers: An NMR study

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5549-5560

  Pérez Aparicio, Roberto ^a   Schiewek, Martin ^b   Valentín, Juan López ^c   Schneider, Horst ^b   Long, Didier R ^a   Saphiannikova, Marina ^d   Sotta, Paul ^a   Saalwächter, Kay ^b   Ott, Maria ^b  

^a Rhodia Europe   (France)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLER PARTICLES; LOCAL DEFORMATION DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MULTIPLE QUANTUM NMR; REINFORCED ELASTOMERS;

DEFECTS; ELASTOMERS; FILLERS; RUBBER; STRAIN;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84880664058     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma400921k     Document Type: Article

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