Two materials were used, like graphene oxide nanosheets (GOn) and ferromagnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4), to attenuate the electromagnetic (EM) properties in blend hybrid nanocomposites based on styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) as matrix. The rationale behind using either a ferroelectric or nanofillers Fe3O4 combination with intrinsically conducting (graphene oxide) ...

Employing computer simulation to accurately and quantitatively predict the mechanical properties of polymeric materials is a long-standing challenge. Herein, we consider two methods simulate based on fully atomistic model crosslinked styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) network via molecular dynamics simulation. In first method (stepwise deformation relaxation), by keeping tensile velocity constant r...

1,3-Butadiene, a high-production volume chemical used largely in the manufacture of synthetic rubber, is a multiple organ carcinogen in rats and mice. In inhalation studies conducted in mice by the National Toxicology Program, high rates of early lethal lymphomas occurring at exposure levels of 625 ppm or higher reduced the development and expression of later developing tumors at other sites. U...

Tertiary amine-modified corn starches were converted to their basic or hydroxide form and combined with carboxylated butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer and butadiene-styrene-sulfonic acid polymer to produce ionically bonded filler-elastomer composites. An increasing percentage of the elastomer fraction in the starch-elastomer composite is insolubilized as the starch-to-elastomer ratio increases....

Water-soluble binders are demonstrated to provide significantly better capacity, cycle life stability and rate response for NASICON-type NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 Na-ion battery anodes during reversible sodiation compared electrodes made using polyvinylidene difluoride-containing slurries. The role of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) on the physical structure chemical interfacial reactions with sodium-poor...

Erratum: The Synergy of Double Cross-linking Agents on the Properties of Styrene Butadiene Rubber Foams Liang Shao, Zhan-You Ji, Jian-Zhong Ma, Chao-Hua Xue, Zhong-Lei Ma & Jing Zhang Scientific Reports 6:36931; doi: 10.1038/srep36931; published online 14 November 2016; updated on 25 January 2017 This Article contains typographical errors. In Table 1, information for Sample S has been omitted f...