Browsing by Author "Candau, Nicolas"
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A comparison of the abilities of natural rubber (NR) and synthetic polyisoprene cis-1,4 rubber (IR) to crystallize under strain at high strain rates
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2016)
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Open AccessStrain induced crystallization (SIC) of a natural rubber (NR) and a synthetic rubber (IR) with a high amount of cis-1,4 units (98.6%) is studied, thanks to in situ wide angle X-ray (WAXS) experiments at room temperature ... -
A comparison of the mechanical behaviour of natural rubber-based blends using waste rubber particles obtained by cryogrinding and high-shear mixing
(Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2023-11-01)
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Open AccessThe influence of the type of mechanical recycling of waste rubber particles on the tensile properties of waste/natural rubber blends has been investigated. The wastes originating from ground tyre rubber (GTR) had been ... -
A sustainable approach to produce stiff, super-tough, and heat-resistant poly(lactic acid)-based green materials
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2019-04-15)
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Open AccessCircumventing inherent embrittlement, poor heat resistance, and melt elasticity of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) without compromising its remarkable stiffness and strength has become a particular challenge in polymer science due ... -
Cellulose nanocrystals as nucleating agents for the strain induced crystallization in natural rubber
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022-01-01)
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Open AccessVulcanized natural rubber (NR)/cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) composites with a CNC content of up to 5 wt% using physical blending and dicumyl peroxide crosslinking were prepared. The tensile properties were investigated at ... -
Characteristic time of strain induced crystallization of crosslinked natural rubber
(Elsevier, 2012-06)
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Open AccessReal time Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS) measurements during cyclic tensile tests at high strain rates (from 8 s-1–280 s-1) and at room temperature on crosslinked Natural Rubber (NR) are performed thanks to a specific ... -
Characterization and properties of bio-aerogels composed of gelatin.
(2024-04-19)
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Open AccessAerogels are low density foam-like materials that are obtained from a sol-gel process in which the solvent used is replaced by air without collapsing the previously formed threedimensional structure. In this work, we have ... -
Compared abilities of filled and unfilled natural rubbers to crystallize in a large strain rate domain
(2015-02)
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Open AccessStrain induced crystallization (SIC) in filled and unfilled natural rubbers is investigated through in¿situ wide angle X-rays scattering (WAXS) experiments at various strain rates. The values of local stretching ratio at ... -
Complex dependence on the elastically active chains density of the strain induced crystallization of vulcanized natural rubbers, from low to high strain rate
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
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Open AccessStrain Induced Crystallization (SIC) of Natural Rubbers (NR) with different network chain densities (¿) is studied. For the weakly vulcanized rubber, the melting stretching ratio ¿m at room temperature is the lowest. This ... -
Dynamically vulcanized polylactic acid/natural rubber/waste rubber blends: Effect of the crosslinking agent on the morphology and tensile properties
(Wiley, 2022-01-01)
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Open AccessPLA/natural rubber (NR)/wastes tire rubber (GTR) were dynamically vulcanizing using dicumyl peroxide (DCP). Swelling, dissolution, and electron microscopy revealed that the unvulcanized and weekly vulcanized blends (DCP¿<¿3 ... -
Dynamically vulcanized polylactic acid/natural rubber/waste rubber blends: effect of the rubber content
(Springer, 2022-01-01)
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Open AccessThe reduction in the production of conventional polymers based on crude oil by using bio-based plastics and by valorizing rubber wastes is an essential route to reverse the negative impact of the polymer industry on the ... -
Effect of surface modification of colloidal silica nanoparticles on the rigid amorphous fraction and mechanical properties of amorphous polyurethane–urea–silica nanocomposites
(2019-12-15)
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Open AccessColloidal silica nanoparticles (NPs) modified with eight different silane coupling agents were incorporated into an amorphous poly(tetramethylene oxide)-based polyurethane–urea copolymer matrix at a concentration of 10¿wt ... -
Effect of the strain rate on damage in filled epdm during single and cyclic loadings
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-12-01)
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Open AccessThe effect of the strain rate on damage in carbon black filled Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer rubber (EPDM)stretched during single and multiple uniaxial loading is investigated. This has been performed by analyzing the ... -
Elastocaloric effect in vulcanized natural rubber and natural/wastes rubber blends
(Elsevier, 2021-11-30)
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Open AccessVulcanized natural/wastes rubber blends were prepared and their elastocaloric properties were analysed. A thermodynamic frame was used to discriminate the contributions of thermoelastic effects and strain induced ... -
Elastocaloric waste/natural rubber materials with various crosslink densities
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06-02)
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Open AccessThe characterization of the mechanical behavior of elastocaloric materials is essential to identify their viability in heating/cooling devices. Natural rubber (NR) is a promising elastocaloric (eC) polymer as it requires ... -
Engineering polymers with improved charge transport properties from bithiophene-containing polyamides
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020)
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Open AccessPolymer semiconductors show unique combinations of mechanical and optoelectronic properties that strongly depend on their microstructure and morphology. Here, we have used a model p-conjugated bithiophene repeat unit to ... -
Enhanced ductility in high performance polyamides due to strain-induced phase transitions
(Elsevier, 2022-01)
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Open AccessCopolymerizing poly(hexamethylene terephthalamide-co-isophthalamide) (PA6TI) with 40 wt% polyamide 66 (PA66) results in only minor decreases in modulus and yield stress owing to isomorphous substitution of PA6TI units by ... -
Geometric confinement controls stiffness, strength, extensibility, and toughness in poly(urethane–urea) copolymers
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021-05-25)
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Open AccessAchieving a unique combination of stiffness, strength, extensibility, and toughness in sol-cast poly(urethane–urea) (PU) copolymer films is a challenge since these properties are—in general—mutually exclusive. Here we ... -
Heat source and voiding signatures of Mullins damage in filled EPDM
(Elsevier, 2020-11)
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Open AccessThe thermomechanical coupling of Mullins damage in filled EPDM has been investigated by analysing the self-heating via Infrared thermography (IR) and the voiding fraction by Digital Image Correlation (DIC). The volumetric ... -
High-performance polyamides with engineered disorder
(2021)
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Open AccessThe extraordinary property profiles of many biological materials derive from their hierarchical structure and control of order and disorder at different length scales. Application of these concepts to the design of synthetic ... -
Influence of strain rate and temperature on the onset of strain induced crystallization in natural rubber
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
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Open AccessStrain induced crystallization (SIC) of natural rubber (NR) has been studied in a large range of strain rate (from 5.6 × 10-5 s-1 to 2.8 × 101 s-1) and temperature (from -40 °C to 80 °C) combining mechanical and thermal ...
