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Nanoparticle distribution in NR/BR blend

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The distribution of carbon black (CB) nanoparticles in natural rubber/polybutadiene (NR/BR) blend was evaluated by DSC and AFM. The restriction of BR due to the interaction between BR and CB was smaller than that of NR from the glass transition behavior. The AFM phase images of NR/BR blend with and without CB were observed at various at 370 kHz. The phase-separated structures of NR/BR blend with and without CB were observed at the temperature range of 20 °C, which corresponded to glassy NR and rubbery BR phases. The dispersion state of CB in NR/BR blend has been characterized by histogram analysis of AFM phase images. The CB was existed in NR-rich domain and in the interface phase.

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  1. Junhyeok Jang

    Present address: Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachiouji, Tokyo, Japan

    Junhyeok Jang, Yoshihisa Inoue, Masayuki Iwasa & Hirohisa Yoshida

  2. Hitachi High-Tech Science Co., 3-3-31 Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0003, Japan

    Masayuki Iwasa

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The present article is based on the lecture presented at JCCTA50 conference in Osaka – Japan on 28–30 September, 2014.

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Jang, J., Inoue, Y., Iwasa, M. et al. Nanoparticle distribution in NR/BR blend. J Therm Anal Calorim 123, 1841–1846 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-5119-6

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