Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 New Approach to Elastomer Crosslinking 1
Chapter 1 Aspects Regarding Radiation Crosslinking of Elastomers 3
Elena Manaila, Maria Daniela Stelescu and Gabriela Craciun
Section 2 Liquid Crystal Elastomers 35
Chapter 2 Monitoring the Contractile Properties of Optically
Patterned Liquid Crystal Based Elastomers 37
Kokou D. (Honorat) Dorkenoo, Emel Sungur, Hervé Bulou,
Grégory Taupier and Alex Boeglin
Chapter 3 Polysiloxane Side-Chain Azobenzene-Containing
Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers for Photo-Active
Artificial Muscle-Like Actuators 61
Jaume Garcia-Amorós and Dolores Velasco
Section 3 Elastomer Nanocomposites 89
Chapter 4 Rubber Clay Nanocomposites 91
Maurizio Galimberti
Chapter 5 Pigment and Dye Modified Fillers
as Elastomeric Additives 121
Anna Marzec and Marian Zaborski
Section 4 Smart Elastomers 145
Chapter 6 Microstructure and Properties
of Magnetorheological Elastomers 147
Anna Boczkowska and Stefan Awietjan
Chapter 7 Thermo-Shrinkable Elastomers 181
Magdalena Maciejewska and Alicja Krzywania-Kaliszewska
Section 5 Elastomers in Microelectronics and Microfluidics 201
Chapter 8 Elastomer Application in
Microsystem and Microfluidics 203
Shuang (Jake) Yang and Kunqiang Jiang
Chapter 9 Elastomeric Electronics: A Microfluidic Approach 223
Shi Cheng
Chapter 10 Use of Silicone Elastomer-Based Microfluidic Devices
and Systems in Reproductive Technologies 243
Koji Matsuura and Keiji Naruse
Section 6 Elastomers in Cement Concrete and Mortar 263
Chapter 11 Technology, Properties and Application
of NRL Elastomers 265
Bala Muhammad
Section 7 Experimental Testing and
Modelling of Elastomer Properties 289
Chapter 12 Transmittance and Reflectance of an Imprinted Cholesteric
Elastomer During a Segregation Process 291
P. Castro-Garay and Jesus Manzanares-Martinez
Chapter 13 Anelastic Behavior in Filled Elastomers
Under Harmonic Loading Using Distributed
Rate-Dependent Elasto-Slide Elements 307
Wei Hu and Norman M. Wereley
Chapter 14 Modelling Friction and Abrasive Wear of Elastomers 341
Nándor Békési
Chapter 15 The Significance of Equi-Biaxial Bubble Inflation
in Determining Elastomeric Fatigue Properties 363
Steve Jerrams, Niall Murphy and John Hanley