XPCS Investigation of the Dynamics of Filler Particles in Stretched Filled Elastomers

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• 作者：Fran莽oise Ehrburger-Dolle ; Isabelle Morfin ; Fran莽oise Bley ; Fr茅d茅ric Livet ; Gert Heinrich ; Sven Richter ; Luc Pich茅 ; Mark Sutton
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November 13, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：45
• 期：21
• 页码：8691-8701
• 全文大小：616K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.21(November 13, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5835

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The complexity of the mechanical behavior of filled elastomers can be partly attributed to the fact that the duration of an applied strain plays a crucial role. In order to bring new insights into this still incompletely solved problem, we look for relationships between the macroscopic mechanical relaxation and the relaxation of the filler particles at the nano- to mesoscale. To this end, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) in homodyne and heterodyne configurations combined with tensile stress relaxation is employed. The paper is devoted to the study of the role of the filler鈥揻iller and the filler鈥搈atrix interactions in a cross-linked elastomer on the aging mechanisms under strain. The fillers investigated are carbon black, as an example of strong filler鈥搈atrix interactions, and hydroxylated silica for which the filler鈥揻iller interaction is strong (H-bonds). Homodyne XPCS correlation reveals features of jammed systems (compressed exponential and ballistic motion) for both systems. The exponents characterizing the aging of the homodyne relaxation times are not the same in the carbon black and in the silica filled samples. For both systems, the decrease of the particle velocity determined by heterodyne detection with aging time follows a power law. The silica sample is characterized by a slow decrease of the velocity during aging. For the carbon black sample, the velocity remains small and decreases faster than for the silica sample. The reverse is observed for the behavior of the tensile force.