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AUTHOR
Arnaud Desmedt
QENS investigation of filled rubbers
The polymer segmental dynamics is investigated in a series of silica-filled rubbers. The presence of inert fillers in polymers greatly affects the mechanical and physical performance of the final materials. For example, silica has been proposed as a reinforcing agent of elastomers in tire production. Results from quasielastic neutron scattering and Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA) measurements are presented on styrene–ran-butadiene rubber filled with silica. A clear indication is obtained of the existence of a bimodal dynamics, which can be rationalized in terms of the relaxation of bulk rubber and the much slower relaxation of the rubber adsorbed on the filler surface.
Nitrogen Hydrate Cage Occupancy and Bulk Modulus Inferred from Density Functional Theory-Derived Cell Parameters
International audience; Gas clathrate hydrate solid materials, ubiquitous in nature as found either on the ocean floor, permafrost on the Earth, or in extraterrestrial planets and comets, are also technologically relevant, for example, in energy storage or carbon dioxide sequestration. Nitrogen hydrate, in particular, is of great interest as a promoter of the kinetics of the methane replacement reaction by carbon dioxide in natural gas hydrates. This hydrate may also appear in the chemistry of planets wherever nitrogen constitutes the majority of the atmosphere. A fine understanding of the stability of this hydrate under various thermodynamic conditions is thus of utmost importance to asses…
Molecular Selectivity of CO–N 2 Mixed Hydrates: Raman Spectroscopy and GCMC Studies
This paper reports a novel quantitative investigation concerning the CO selectivity properties for mixed CO–N2 hydrates. The study was developed by combining Raman scattering experiments and grand ...