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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 46, Issue 14, Pages 5549-5560Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma400921k
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- DFG-ANR German-French joint project DINaFil [SA982/6-1]
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A molecular-level understanding of the strain response of elastomers is a key to connect microscopic dynamics to macroscopic properties. In this study we investigate the local strain response of vulcanized, natural rubber systems and the effect of nanometer-sized filler particles, which are known to lead to highly improved mechanical properties. A multiple-quantum NMR approach enables the separation of relatively low fractions of network defects and allows to quantitatively and selectively study the local deformation distribution in the strained networks matrix on the microscopic (molecular) scale. We find that the presence of nondeformable filler particles induces an enhanced local deformation of the matrix (commonly referred to as overstrain), a slightly increased local stress/strain heterogeneity, and a reduced anisotropy. Furthermore, a careful analysis of the small nonelastic defect fraction provides new evidence that previous NMR and scattering results of strained defect-rich elastomers cannot be interpreted without explicitly taking the nonelastic defect fraction into account.
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