Fillers-Session B (AM)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Room 200 (Duke Energy Center)
Co-chairs:
Robert H. Schuster, Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie and Wesley Wampler, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy
8:00 AM
44
Filler Network Analysis
Yoshinobu Isono, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan
8:30 AM
45
A New Way of Thinking about the Fillers Role in Natural Rubber: Improving Hysteresis Through Filler Modifications and Smart Compounding
Michael Jacobsson1, Peter Cameron1, Joel Neilsen2, Leszek Nikiel1 and Wesley Wampler1, (1)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Fort Worth, TX, (2)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Akron, OH
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
47
Synthesis and Characterization of Electrically Conductive Silicone Rubber – TiB2 Composites
Aparna Joshi, R & D, University of Pune / KDJ centre for research and materials technology, Pune, India, Anjali Athawale, University of Pune, Pune, India and Makarand Joshi, K D Joshi
10:15 AM
49
Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposites with Various Organic and Inorganic Fibrous Nanofillers : Morphology-Property Correlation
Anil Bhowmick, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, Patna, India and Nabarun ROY, Rubber Technology, IIT KHARAGPUR, Kharagpur, India