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Reviews “Provides an informative examination of the possibilities for broadening the engineering applications of hybrid fillers that have been synthesised by different techniques, e.g. impregnation of different substrates (carbon black, conductive carbon black, activated carbons, etc.) with silica or magnetite. The effect of those fillers upon the curing properties, mechanical and dynamic parameters, electrical conductivity, and dielectric and microwave characteristics of elastomer-based composites is discussed in detail. The book also covers the influence of various types of ceramics and barium and strontium hexaferrites upon the aforementioned properties of rubber composites in conjunction with a view toward solutions for environmental problems caused by waste tires. The book shows that pyrolysis-cum-water vapour is a suitable and environmentally friendly method for the conversion of the waste green tyres into useful carbon-silica hybrid fillers. The properties of elastomer-based composites comprising different types of nanostructures (fuller-enes, carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoplatelets), modified activated carbons, and calcined kaolin are also discussed. Special attention is paid to composites with lower levels of zinc oxide.” —RFP News (Rubber Fibres Plastics International) Now Available in Paperback CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Nikolay Dishovsky, PhD, DSc Professor and Head, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria Nikolay Dishovsky, PhD, DSc, is a Full Professor who has been Head of the Department of Polymer Engineering at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria since 2003. He obtained his PhD in 1983, working on the synthesis and application of elastomer-based microgels. In 1991 he became an Associate Professor in macromolecular chemistry. In 1997 N. Dishovsky earned his Doctor of Science degree defending a thesis on rubber composites containing specific functional fillers. Before his appointment as a Full Professor in Rubber Technology in 2000, he held DAAD and NATO Science Committee fellowships in Germany and Spain. He is particularly interested in rubber magnetic modification, rubber-based composite materials, absorbing electro-magnetic waves, and functional fillers. He has more than 200 publications in IF and SJR indexed journals and holds 41 patents. In 2001 his name was inscribed in the Golden Book of the Bulgarian inventors. In 2015 he was chosen as Inventor of the Year in Bulgaria, category “Chemistry and Biotechnology”. He has authored two books (Iv. Ivanov, N. Dishovsky, Patent Analyses, Sofia, IP Bulgaria, 2004; N. Dishovsky, G. Tsenkov, Rubber Handbook, Sofia, EC Print, 2006) and six textbooks (N. Dishovsky, Il. Radulov, Transport Phenomena in Rubbers, Sofia, EC Print, 2007; N. Dishovsky, I. Radulov, R. Dimitrov, Reinforcing of Elastomers, Sofia, EC Print, 2005; N. Dishovsky, Ingredients for Rubber Compounds, Sofia, UCTM, 2004; N. Dishovsky, Ageing and Stabilisation of Elastomers, Sofia, Informa, 1998; St. Andreev, R. Peshleevsky, N. Dishovsky, Materials and Coatings Absorbing Ultra High Frequency Electromagnetic Waves, Sofia, VMT, 1991; Iv. Mladenov, N. Dishovsky, Photooxidation and Stabilization of Polyolephines, Sofia, Technika, 1987) for students from the BSc, MSc, and PhD programs in polymeric engineering and polymer materials. He has supervised 20 PhD students and more than 70 BSc and MSc students. He has been project leader of more than 60 national and international projects, with the results from many of those projects having application in real-life practice. Mihail Mihaylov, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria Mihail Mihaylov, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Polymer Engineering at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria. He obtained his PhD in 2010, working on the possibilities for recycling waste tires and rubber goods. He is particularly interested in rubber modification; modification of fillers, recycling of waste tires, rubber-based composite materials, absorbing electro-magnetic waves, and functional fillers. He has more than 25 publications in IF and SJR indexed journals and one patent. |
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