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Electrorheological Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane/TiO2-Based Composite Elastomers.

ABSTRACT: Electrorheological elastomers based on polydimethylsiloxane filled with hydrated titanium dioxide with a particle size of 100-200 nm were obtained by polymerization of the elastomeric matrix, either in the presence, or in the absence, of an external electric field. The viscoelastic and dielectric properties of the obtained elastomers were compared. Analysis of the storage modulus and loss modulus of the filled elastomers made it possible to reveal the influence of the electric field on the Payne effect in electrorheological elastomers. The elastomer vulcanized in the electric field showed high values of electrorheological sensitivity, 250% for storage modulus and 1100% for loss modulus. It was shown, for the first time, that vulcanization of filled elastomers in the electric field leads to a significant decrease in the degree of crosslinking in the elastomer. This effect should be taken into account in the design of electroactive elastomeric materials.

SUBMITTER: Agafonov AV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7569977 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

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Electrorheological Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane/TiO<sub>2</sub>-Based Composite Elastomers.

Agafonov Alexander V AV Kraev Anton S AS Baranchikov Alexander E AE Ivanov Vladimir K VK

Polymers 20200918 9

Electrorheological elastomers based on polydimethylsiloxane filled with hydrated titanium dioxide with a particle size of 100-200 nm were obtained by polymerization of the elastomeric matrix, either in the presence, or in the absence, of an external electric field. The viscoelastic and dielectric properties of the obtained elastomers were compared. Analysis of the storage modulus and loss modulus of the filled elastomers made it possible to reveal the influence of the electric field on the Payne ...[more]

PMID: 32962065

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