Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5022286 | Composites Science and Technology | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The filler reinforcement effect has been extensively investigated for the better part of a century while most of the conclusions are ambiguous without specifying the “frequency”-dependent polymer dynamics. Herein a recently proposed time-concentration superpositioning principle, disclosing a unique hydrodynamic-to-non-hydrodynamic transition with respect to filler loading and frequency, is examined in the linear rheology of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, carbon black and silica filled high-density polyethylene composites. The results suggest that the filler topology and filler-polymer interaction strongly influence the strain amplification effect, the dynamics retardation in the bulk phase and the critical filler concentration defining the hydrodynamic-to-non-hydrodynamic transition of the composites. The new findings may open a way for quantitative assessment of the roles played by the polymer, the filler and their interfacial interactions to the composites' rheology.
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Authors
Yihu Song, Aizhi Guan, Lingbin Zeng, Qiang Zheng,