Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5183178 | Polymer | 2011 | 4 Pages |
A two phase model proposed for accounting for linear viscoelasticity of polymer nanocomposite melts [14] is applied to rubbers filled with nanoclay and conventional fillers (carbon black and silica) to probe mechanisms of the fluid- and the solid-like behaviors beyond the terminal flow region. This model shows strong applicability in linear rheology beyond terminal region for a variation of filled rubbers. Characteristic moduli of the “filler phase” from different filled rubbers could collapse onto a master curve, which reveals a jamming transition with increasing filler concentration across the percolation threshold. The strain amplification effect and reduced characteristic moduli of the “filler phase” are discussed within the framework of the cluster-cluster aggregation model.
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