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Enhanced Fatigue And Durability Of Carbon Black/Natural Rubber Composites Reinforced With Graphene Oxide And Carbon Nanotubes, Hao Guo, Stephen Jerrams, Zongchao Xu, Yanfen Shou, Liang Jiang, Liqun Zhang, Li Liu, Shipeng Wen

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Graphene oxide (GO) sheets and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of nanometer size and offer large shape factors which are beneficial in reducing crack propagation rates of composites when used in carbon black (CB) reinforced natural rubber (NR), thereby prolonging the service lives of rubber composites. In this research, CNT-CB/NR and GO-CB/NR composites were prepared by partially replacing CB with one-dimensional CNTs and two-dimensional flaky graphene oxide GO, respectively. The results showed that the complex filler dispersion in NR matrices was improved due to the isolation effect between the different fillers. The strain-induced crystallization (SIC) ability of CB/NR was effectively enhanced …