Modeling Young’s modulus of rubber–clay nanocomposites using composite theories

By Youping Wu, Qingxiu Jia, Ding-sheng Yu, Liqun Zhang. 2004

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Fracture mechanisms of epoxy-based ternary composites filled with rigid-soft particles (2012, background): “01 GPa [27] for rigid silica nanoparticles and soft rubber particles, respectively.”
Enhancement of dispersion and bonding of graphene-polymer through wet transfer of functionalized graphene oxide (2012, methodology): “The Halpin-Tsai model is widely used to calculate the modulus of nanocomposites containing platelet or fibril like fillers [72].”
Synergistic effect of carbon black and nanoclay fillers in styrene butadiene rubber matrix: Development of dual structure (2009, methodology): “Considering the chains composed of spherical fillers are similar to rod-like filler particles embedded in a continuous matrix, Guth later developed the following equation by introducing a shape factor a (length/breadth) in order to account for this ‘accelerated stiffening’ [20].”