Elastomers : types, properties, and applications / Jovan Balcazara and Edgardo Paules, editors.

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ELASTOMERS TYPES, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS; ELASTOMERS TYPES, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; -NUCLEATED THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES BASED ON IPP/EPDM BLENDS: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION ; Abstract ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. PREPARATION OF -NUCLEATEDTPVS ; 3. PROPERTIESOF -TPVS ; 3.1. Effect of Ý-Phase on the Fracture Behavior of Ý-TPVs ; 3.2. Effect of Temperature Gradient on the Development of Ý-iPP in TPVs ; 3.3. Effect of Spatial Confinement on the Development of theÝ-iPPin TPVs ; 4. APPLICATIONS OF BETA-TPVS.

4.1. Effect of Repetitive Processing on the Mechanical Properties and Fracture Toughness of Ý-TPVs 4.2. Study on the Toughening of PP and PA6with Ý-TPVs ; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; PATTERNABLE BIOMATERIALS; ELASTOMERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS ; Abstract ; INTRODUCTION ; SYNTHESISAND CHARACTERISATIONOF THE ELASTOMERS ; Synthesis of elastomersfrommacromolecularprecursors ; Chemical composition and mechanical properties ; TOPOGRAPHIC PATTERNINGOF THE ELASTOMERS; Soft UV-basednanoimprintlithigraphy (soft UV-based NIL) using the PFPE elastomer.

Replicamoldingusing the PFPE ekastomer and the PEG-based hydrogelAPPLICATION OF THE PATTERNEDBIOMATERIALISIN CELL CULTURE; Expectation of celladhesionbased on surface chemistry; Celladhhesion on PEEG-based hyddrogels ; Celladhesion on PFPE elastomer; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF WATER SWELLING MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FIELDS ; Abstract ; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF WATER-SWELLING MATERIAL ; SWELLING PROPERTIES OF THE WATER-SWELLING MATERIAL ; Swelling test; Composition and swelling ratio.

Salinity of soaking water, its temperature, pH and the swelling ratio Swelling ratio and concentration of chemical substances of the soaking water ; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER-SWELLING MATERIAL; Water-swelling material strength test; Composition and swelling material strength ; LONG-TERM ENDURANCE OF WATER CUT-OFF TREATED JOINTS ; Outline of the test ; Variation of swelling material strength with elapsed time ; Relation between swelling material strength and pressure resistance ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; ELASTOMERIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS FABRICATED BY SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; Abstract.

INTRODUCTION MULTIPLEXED HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE WITH AN ELASTOMER PHASE MASK; VARIABLE DIFFRACTION WITH A DEFORMABLE ELASTOMER GRATING ; DIFFRACTION FROM A BIOMIMETIC ELASTOMER GRATING; SHAPE MEMORY ACTUATION OF AN ELASTOMER GRATING ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; OPTICAL SPECTRA OF CHIRAL ELASTOMERS DURING SEGREGATION AND ELASTIC PROCESSES; Abstract; 1. ElastomerswithLiquidCrystalStructure; 2. Polymers; 2.1. Polymerconfiguration; 2.2. PolymericLiquidCrystalsShape; 3. Rubber'sElasticity; 3.1. Nematicrubberselasticity; 4. SoftElasticity; 4.1. Couplingbetweenpuresheardeformationsandrotations.

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