Reinforcement of Rubber [electronic resource] : Visualization of Nanofiller and the Reinforcing Mechanism / by Shinzo Kohjiya, Atsushi Kato, Yuko Ikeda.

Part I Filler Reinforcement of Rubber -- 1. Rubbery Materials and Soft Nanocomposites -- 2. Filler and Rubber Reinforcement -- Part II Analysis of Nanofiller Dispersion in Rubber Matrix -- 3. Principle and Practice of Three-Dimensional Transmission Electron Microscope (3D-TEM) -- 4. Nanofiller Dispersion in Rubber as Revealed by 3D-TEM -- 5. Reinforcing Mechanism of Rubber by Nanofiller -- Part III Non-Carbon Reinforcement of Rubber -- 6. Particulate Silica Reinforcement of Rubber -- 7. Rubber Reinforcement with Lignin -- 8. Self-Reinforcement in Natural Rubber: Template Crystallization -- Part IV Prospective Views on Rubber Reinforcement -- 9. Reinforcement in the Twenty-First Century. .

This book presents the most recent description of rubber reinforcement, focusing on the network-like structure formation of nanofiller in the rubber matrix under the presence of bound rubber. The resultant filler network is visualized by electron tomography applied to rubber. In the case of natural rubber, the self-reinforcement effect is uniquely functioning, and new template crystallization is suggested. Here, the crystallites are also believed to arrange themselves in a network-like manner. These results are of great use, particularly for engineers, in designing rubber reinforcement. .