A New Route to Highly Stretchable and Soft Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Elastomers Using Polydimethylsiloxane as Crosslinker of Epoxidized Natural Rubber

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Beitragende

  • Shib Shankar Banerjee - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) (Autor:in)
  • Susanta Banerjee - , Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Autor:in)
  • Sven Wießner - , Professur für Elastomere Werkstoffe (gB IPF), Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Janke - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Gert Heinrich - , Professur für Textiltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Amit Das - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Sulfur or peroxide crosslinking is the most common and conventional method to develop elastomeric materials. A new approach to crosslink epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) by aminopropyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane (AT-PDMS) is described, intending to develop a new kind of hybrid organic–inorganic elastomers. The curing reaction is accelerated by using hydroquinone as a catalyst. The formation of the hybrid structure is evident from the appearance of two glass transition temperatures, at −1 and −120 °C, for the ENR and PDMS phases, respectively. The curing reaction is found to be of first order with respect to amine concentration with the estimated activation energy of ≈62 kJ mol−1. Comparing the mechanical properties to a typical ENR-sulfur system leads to the conclusion that the ENR/AT-PDMS hybrid structure is highly stretchable and soft, as demonstrated by its relatively higher strain at failure (up to ≈630%), and lower hardness and modulus values. The higher stretchability and soft nature of the material are achieved by introducing flexible PDMS chains during the curing process resulting to a hybrid elastomer networks. This kind of soft but robust materials can find several applications in diverse fields, such as soft robotics, flexible, and stretchable electronics.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer2100380
FachzeitschriftMacromolecular materials and engineering
Jahrgang306
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-0967-4557/work/173054841

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • epoxidized natural rubber, hybrid elastomer networks, mechanical properties, polydimethylsiloxane