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Koga, Tadanori*; Hashimoto, Takeji; Takenaka, Mikihito*; Aizawa, Kazuya; Amino, Naoya*; Nakamura, Masao*; Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Koizumi, Satoshi
Macromolecules, 41(2), p.453 - 464, 2008/01
Times Cited Count：112 Percentile：95.04(Polymer Science)Using a combined ultra-small-angle and small-angle scattering method of neutrons and X-rays, we investigated hierarchical structures of carbon black (CB) highly loaded in polyisoprene (PI) and poly-(styrene-random-butadiene) copolymer (SBR) under mechanical field (defined respectively as CB/PI and CB/SBR) as well as in toluene under a sonic field (defined as CB/toluene). Comparison of the scattering profiles from CB/PI and CB/SBR with CB/toluene clarified that (1) the smallest structure elements of CB in PI and SBR were composed of the several unbreakable units bounded together by polymer chains (defined as "dispersible units") and (2) sizes and shapes of the dispersible units depended on the polymer matrix. (3) Moreover, the enlarged size of the dispersible unit in PI was found to enlarge the upper cutoff length of the mass-fractal structure in PI, while the mass-fractal dimensions themselves remained unchanged between PI and SBR.
Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Noda, Yohei; Koizumi, Satoshi*; Yuasa, Takeshi*; Sone, Takuo*; Tominaga, Tetsuo*; Takenaka, Mikihito*; Amino, Naoya*
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Using a combined ultra-small-angle and small-angle scattering methods with both of neutron and X-ray probes, we characterized hierarchical structures of silica and/or carbon black filler particles dispersed in solution polymerized poly(styrene-random-butadiene) rubber (SBR). Two types of SBR were employed for the preparation of filler/rubber compounds; one possesses a newly developed functionalized chain-end (f-SBR), which has an affinity for filler particles and the other is a conventional SBR (n-SBR) without any special interaction with fillers. Combined small-angle scattering measurements clarified that the average-size of aggregated fillers dispersed in f-SBR matrix is smaller than that dispersed in n-SBR matrix.
