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Facile preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite with one-pot reduction approach via the latex way

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The carbon–carbon double bonds (C=C) and graphene oxide (GO) in nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) latex were reduced simultaneously by a novel one-pot to prepare the hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber/reduced graphene oxide (HNBR/RGO) nanocomposite in this study, using a hydrazine hydrate/hydrogen peroxide/copper sulfate catalyst. It is a water-based environmentally friendly and time-saving method where no organic solvent has served in the reduction process and hydrazine hydrate is completely consumed and will not harm the environment after the reduction process. HNBR/RGO can improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of HNBR, and the thermal conductivity of HNBR/RGO present better stability at high temperature (160 °C). RGO sheets are beneficial to shorten the curing time and increase cured rate index. And introducing RGO sheets may improve the thermal-oxidative aging resistance. The relationship between aging lifetime and temperature in HNBR/RGO can be estimated, and provide an opportunity for the practical application of HNBR.

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This work was supported by a grant (code No. 2018JMRH0205) from high performance of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber prepared by new technology funded by the Key Research and Development Project of Shandong province, China.

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Wang, X., Sinha, T.K., Sun, J. et al. Facile preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite with one-pot reduction approach via the latex way. Colloid Polym Sci 299, 1703–1715 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-021-04896-5

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