How I met your elastomers: from network topology to mechanical behaviours of conventional silicone materials

A. Stricher (1) , R.G. Rinaldi (2) , Claire Barrès (1) , Francois Ganachaud (1) , Laurent Chazeau (2)

1 IMP - Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères
2 MATEIS - Matériaux, ingénierie et science [Villeurbanne]

Silicone elastomers are available in different formulations that are mainly discriminated by their crosslinking mechanisms. Different chemical networks lead to diverse mechanical behaviours. This work aims at comparing three types of conventional silicone elastomers, one Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), one High Consistency Rubber (HCR) and one, thermoplastic, hydrogen bonded cross-linked elastomer (TPE). Each one is studied and compared in terms of network microstructure versus mechanical behaviour.

Mots clés: FILLED POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE) NETWORKS; UREA COPOLYMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMERS; SILOXANE ELASTOMERS; PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES; BIMODAL NETWORKS; NATURAL-RUBBER; BOUND RUBBER; REINFORCEMENT

Domaines: Polymères; Matériaux

A. Stricher, R.G. Rinaldi, Claire Barrès, Francois Ganachaud, Laurent Chazeau. How I met your elastomers: from network topology to mechanical behaviours of conventional silicone materials. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, pp.53713-53725. ⟨10.1039/c5ra06965c⟩. ⟨hal-01179519⟩