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Effect of low-cost mussel-inspired poly(catechol/polyamine) modification of waste brick powder followed by grafting of epoxy elastomers on natural rubber composites

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The aim of this study is to explore a method for modifying waste brick powder (WBP) in order to reapply it to rubber products for effective resource recycling. Firstly, we use the auto polymerization of catechol/polyamine (CPA) on the surface of WBP to form a poly catechol/polyamine (PCPA) coating as an intermediate reaction platform. And then the macromolecular modifier, epoxy-functionalized elastomer (ethylene vinyl acetate-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer) (EVMG), is further grafted onto the PCPA coating to prepare the WBP@EVMG hybrid materials. During the preparation of the WBP@EVMG hybrid materials, a ring-opening reaction between the amine group of PCPA and the epoxy group of EVMG occurs. The NR/WBP@EVMG composites are prepared by mechanical blending. The interfacial interactions between WBP@EVMG and NR are analyzed and verified in detail by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and rubber process analyzer (RPA). It is shown that the modified NR/WBP composites show increased vulcanization rate and better mechanical properties, and the tensile strength, abrasion resistance, cracking strength, and wet slip resistance of NR/WBP@EVMG-15 are increased by 29%, 6%, 16%, and 11%, respectively, compared with that of NR/WBP composites, which provides a unique idea for the reuse of waste brick powder in rubber.

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This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Plan of Shandong Province (Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Project, 2020CXGC010312).

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    Meng Zhao, Hao Duan, Su Zhang, Linfeng Han, Keyu Peng & Guangyi Lin

  2. Qingdao University of Science and Technology Guangrao Rubber Industry Research Institute, Dongying, China

    Yuan Jing & Guangyi Lin

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M Z: writing – original draft; writing – review and editing. H D: Investigation. S Z: Investigation. L H: Investigation. K P: Investigation. Y J: Investigation. G L: Data curation.

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Zhao, M., Duan, H., Zhang, S. et al. Effect of low-cost mussel-inspired poly(catechol/polyamine) modification of waste brick powder followed by grafting of epoxy elastomers on natural rubber composites. Colloid Polym Sci 302, 735–744 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-024-05225-2

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