Maurizio Galimberti¹, Michele Coombs¹, Valeria Cipolletti¹, Luca Giannini², Theonis Ricco³, Stefano Pandini³, Lucia Conzatti⁴, Marco Mauro⁵ and Gaetano Guerra⁶, (1)Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)Pirelli Tyre, Milano, Italy, (3)Chemistry and Physics for Engineering and Materials, Universitŕ degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, (4)CNR-ISMAC UOS Genova, Genova, Italy, (5)Chimica, Universitŕ di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy, (6)Chimica, Universita di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy

Rajkiran Tiwari, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Donald Paul, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Tom Quantrille, Ph.D., Advanced Composite Materials, LLC, Greer, SC

Seiichi Kawahara and Yoshimasa Yamamoto, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan

Shipeng Wen¹, Fazhong Zhang¹, Xiuying Zhao¹, Liqun Zhang¹ and Li Liu², (1)Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional polymer, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

Liangliang Qu, Yanshan Branch of Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical Company (Sinopec Corp.), Beijing, China

Wencai Wang¹, Yonglai Lu², Xiuying Zhao³, Yi Jiang¹, Tuyuan Xu¹ and Liqun Zhang¹, (1)Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, (2)Center of Advanced Elastomer Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, (3)Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Chao-Yang District, Beijing 100029, China, Beijing, China

Rainer Friehmelt, Applied Technology Tire & MRG, Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH, Köln, Germany, Arndt-Peter Schinkel, R & D Department, Orion Engineered Carbons, Köln, Germany and Bernhard Schwaiger, Applied Technology Tire & MRG, Orion Engineered Carbons, Köln, Germany

Liliane Bokobza, Laboratoire PPMD, ESPCI ParisTech, Paris, France

Arif Omer Gozen, PhD, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH, Mindaugas Rackaitis, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH and Christopher Robertson, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH