Cure characteristics of nanocomposites containing imidazolium ionic liquid modified carbon nanotubes and styrene butadiene rubber

摘要

Herein,imdazolium type ionic liquid modified Multiwalled carbon nanotube based styrenebutadiene rubber nanocomposites is prepared by simple two roll ill mixing.Ionic liquid facilitates the dispersion of MWCNT in polymer matrix which isevident from Transmission electron microscopy images. The effect of theincorporation of a modified MWCNT (f- MWCNT) on the vulcanization kinetics ofnatural rubber was investigated by means of cure-meter testing (Figure 1).