Constrained dynamics in interphases of model filled elastomers: role of interface chemistry on crosslinking, local stress distribution and mechanics

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Sep 5;50(37):A63-70.

Abstract

The Franco-German consortium "DINaFil" (Dynamics at the Interface of Nanoscopic Fillers), located at Paris, Lyon and Halle, and co-funded by the ANR and the DFG, is a multidisciplinary endeavour concerned with a quantitative understanding of the complex behaviour of filled elastomers, a class of daily-life materials with as many uses as fundamentally open questions.