Study of PDMS based magnetorheological elastomers

Authors

Tongfei Tian, University Of WollongongFollow
Xing Zhong Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Weihua Li, University of WollongongFollow
Gursel Alici, University of WollongongFollow
J Ding, Defence Science and Technology Organisation

RIS ID

76412

Publication Details

Tian, T. F., Zhang, X., Li, W., Alici, G. & Ding, J. (2013). Study of PDMS based magnetorheological elastomers. Journal of Physics, 412 1-8.

Abstract

The fabrication of conventional magnetorheological elastomers (MRE) is usually taken more than 1 day because the conventional matrixes such as natural rubber and silicone rubber need long curing time to become solid state. This study presents a rapid method for fabricating MRE within 90 minutes by using poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) as the matrix thanks to the rapid curing of PDMS in high temperature. A total of four PDMS based MRE samples were fabricated. Their mechanical and rheological properties under both steady-state and dynamic loading conditions were tested with a parallel-plate rheometer. Additionally, the microstructures of the PDMS based MREs were also observed by SEM and compared with the silicone rubber based MRE.