Jul 31, 2007 | Article
Originally, rubbers are independent macromolecular chains with poor characteristics and it's essential to incorporate numerous additives into them, currently 10 up to 15, during a mixing process to...
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Jul 18, 2007 | Article
Versatile hydrogels thanks to their large spectra of chemical structures allowing to obtain outstanding absorption rates and capacities are predominantly used in superabsorbent materials for mass...
Jul 6, 2007 | Article
Hydrogels are versatile materials involving a large spectrum of chemical structures to obtain a broad range of applications emerging from sectors as various as diapers, hydroswelling seals for...
Jul 4, 2007 | Article
Changing attitudes on how best to employ nanofillers in plastics material systems is taking shape. Very current thinking is emphasizing a shift away from viewing the nanofiller or nanoadditive as...
Jun 20, 2007 | Article
Against the background of the recent Polymer Nanocomposites Meeting at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, the 2007 Nanocomposites Conference in Brussels, Belgium, and Nanopolymers 2007...
Jun 18, 2007 | Article
The deepest dream of any designer is to manufacture his new device in an only one continuous process leading directly from the raw materials up to a packaged device. With the inescapable evolution...
Jun 7, 2007 | Article
The tire industry is constantly facing more demanding challenges. In addition to the increasingly astringent safety and environmental requirements, new technical challenges arise. Efforts to further...
Apr 11, 2007 | Article
Energy saving decreases pollution and fuel consumption, thus saving money and enhancing environment. Processing of industrial polymers consumes energy at each step as we can see on the following...
Mar 21, 2007 | Article
The crosslinking or curing consists in linking the independent macromolecules of a polymer to build a three-dimensional structure obtained by chemical or physical means. The following figure...
Mar 7, 2007 | Article
Some rubber families are intrinsically high-temperature resistant, but this feature can be partially controlled by a clever formulation with specific additives. As for all the polymers, additives...