Publications related to Styrene-butadiene

Biobased Composites from Eugenol- and Coumarin-Derived Methacrylic Latex and Hemp Nanocellulose: Cross-Linking via [2+2] Photocycloaddition and Barrier Properties

A novel-biobased latex was synthesized by redox-initiated emulsion copolymerization of ethoxy dihydroeugenyl methacrylate with 5 wt % of a photosensitive methacrylate containing a coumarin group. A stable copolymer latex having 16 wt % solids content and a ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Slot-Die Coating of an On-the-Shelf Polymer with Increased Dielectric Permittivity for Stack Actuators

Yauhen Sheima

Nitrile-butadiene rubbers (NBR) have been extensively used as dielectric materials due to their commercial availability, excellent mechanical properties, glass transition temperature below 0 degrees C, and increased dielectric permittivity owing to the pre ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Copper(I) Based Photoredox Chemistry

Murat Alkan

Photoredox catalysis has become a powerful tool for chemists. However, the reliance on expensive Ir and Ru based photoredox catalysts (PC) motivates research for more sustainable options. Copper complexes based on favorable photophysical properties, high a ...

EPFL2020

Data-Driven Model for the Dynamic Characteristics of O-Rings for Gas Bearing Supported Rotors

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Philipp Kaspar Bättig

The measurement results of various nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) O-Ring sizes are pre-sented, and reduced-order models are developed in order to predict the stiffness and damping coefficient as a function of O-Ring geometry, Shore hardness, squeeze, and e ...

2019

Controlling Mesopore Size and Processability of Transparent Enzyme-Loaded Silica Films for Biosensing Applications

Heinrich Hofmann, Bernard Wenger, Oswaldo Javier Pérez Anguiano, Raphaël Pugin, Emmanuel Scolan

Silica-based nanoporous thin films including large mesopores are relevant as enzyme supports for applications in biosensing. The diffusion and immobilization of large biomolecules such as enzymes in such porous films require the presence of large mesopores ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

A toolbox of oligopeptide-modified polymers for tailored elastomers

Véronique Michaud, Holger Frauenrath, Emmanuel Croisier, Joël Cugnoni, Su Liang, Marijana Mionic Ebersold, Ruben Anton Snellings, Thomas Schweizer

Biomaterials are constructed from limited sets of building blocks but exhibit extraordinary and versatile properties, because hierarchical structure formation lets them employ identical supramolecular motifs for different purposes. Here we exert a similar ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of the First Osmium beta-Diketiminato Complexes and Application in Catalysis

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Andrew Douglas Phillips, Dominique Schreiber

The strongly chelating anionic beta-diketiminate ligand has been employed to formulate complexes involving almost every metal of the periodic table; however, the heavier metals of the d block remain relatively unexplored. This paper describes the synthesis ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Evaluation of residual strains in epoxy with different nano/micro-fillers using embedded fiber Bragg grating sensor

John Botsis, Marco Lai, Klaus Friedrich

The Influence of SiO2 nanoparticles and rubber micro-fillers on the mechanical and thermal responses of an epoxy based composite is investigated using classical quantitative thermo-mechanical testing (tensile tests DMTA TMA) microstructural analysis (Micro ...

2010

Synthesis of Unusual Oxime Ethers by Reaction of Tetranitromethane with B-Alkylcatecholboranes

Philippe Renaud, Kurt Schenk

The reaction of tetranitromethane with B-alkylcatecholboranes leads to the formation of unusual dinitrooxime ethers. A tentative mechanism is provided, which suggests the involvement of extremely fast addition of alkyl radicals to tetranitromethane. The su ...

2010

Metallocene Catalyzed Polyolefins For Improving Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of Bitumen Blends

John Christopher Plummer, Chiara Spadaro

Bitumen is a complex viscoelastic material used as a binder in applications ranging from road paving to waterproof membranes for roofing [1]. In such applications, bitumen is often blended with a polymer in order to improve its elasticity. The resulting po ...

2010

Low-Stress UV-Curable Hyperbranched Polymer Nanocomposites for High-Precision Devices

Valérie Geiser

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the process-structure-property relationships of UV-curable hyperbranched polymer (HBP)/silica nanocomposites. Special attention was paid to the interplay between photo-conversion, rheological behavior, shrinkage, a ...

EPFL2010

The Effect Of Processing Conditions On The Morphology, Mechanical And Electrical Properties Of Batio3-Polymer Composites

Véronique Michaud, Yves Leterrier, Sara Dalle Vacche

Ferroelectric ceramic – polymer composites have a unique mix of electrical and mechanical properties. Piezoelectric and pyroelectric activity, a wide range of dielectric constants and high breakdown strength are combined with mechanical flexibility, formab ...

2010

Fracture mechanisms in polystyrene/laponite nanocomposites prepared by emulsion polymerization

John Christopher Plummer, Riccardo Ruggerone

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to investigate the effect of laponite clay on microdeformation in thin latex-based polystyrene (PS) films, in which the laponite was concentrated at the original interfaces between the PS particles. At r ...

2009

Magnetic and electrostatic effects on the polymerization of water-soluble monomers

Ignacio Rintoul

Free radical polymerization is the most frequently used technique to produce synthetic polymers. They represent more than 25% of the total volume of materials made by the mankind. 3% thereof correspond to water soluble polymers with annual growth rates est ...

EPFL2006

Plastics

Thierry Meyer, Philip Nising

A review in 4 sections comprising synthetic methods and prodn. processes of plastics (section I), apparatuses for prodn., processing, and making of plastics (section II), manufg. processes for the most important plastics (section III), and processing of th ...

Wiley-VCH2005

Modélisation et prédiction du comportement rhéologique des mélanges bitume caoutchouc

Mehdi Ould Henia

Asphalt rubber is a modified binder widely used in pavement construction. Composition design methods of asphalt rubber blends are exclusively empiric and rely on the selection of the optimal combination of parameters after a long experimental program. The ...

EPFL2005