Rubber to Rubber Adhesion

This book covers various aspects of rubber to rubber adhesion. Rubber is a polymer whose glass transition temperature is well below the room temperature and hence the chains are very mobile at room and higher temperatures. This property makes this material very versatile. Rubber is used in a large number of applications ranging from underground mining to tire to space shuttle. In all these cases, compounded rubbers are used in laminates and joined. Higher the adhesion, higher will be the joint strength. The principles taught in adhesion science and technology are extensively used to prepare better joints and hence useful products.  The subject of this book is important theoretically and it has practical implications as well. Rubber to rubber adhesion is all pervading. Hence, the book will be used by academicians, R & D personnel, company people, and rubber and adhesion practitioners.

The book serves to satisfy a wide range of disciplines (polymer, materials, chemical, chemistry, mechanical etc.) and hence starts with with an introduction on rubber, then characterization of rubber, rubber surface and joints and finally covers other chapters on rubber to rubber adhesion. Scientific aspects to understand the technology are highlighted. It gives a comprehensive treatment on Adhesion between Unvulcanized Elastomers, Self- healing of Elastomers, Adhesion between Compounded Elastomers by co-crosslinking, Adhesion between partially Vulcanized Compounded Rubber and partially Vulcanized Compounded Rubber, Adhesion between Vulcanized Rubber and Unvulcanized Rubber- or partially Vulcanized Rubber, and Adhesion between Vulcanized Rubber and Vulcanized Rubber.

Dr. Dinesh Kumar Kotnees is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna). Before joining IIT Patna he was working as a Research Scientist in General Electric Company (GE Plastics) Bangalore, India. Dr. Kotnees holds a Ph.D. degree in Rubber Science and Technology from IIT Kharagpur. His broad research interests are adhesion science and technology, polymer blends and alloys, development of hybrid nanofillers and polymer nanocomposites. He has published a number of papers and has been teaching and consultant to companies in these disciplines.

Professor Anil K. Bhowmick is currently at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston and a former Professor of Eminence, IIT Kharagpur, India. He was previously associated with the University of Akron, Ohio, USA, London School of Polymer Technology, London and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He has more than 550 peer-reviewed international publications in these fields, 35 book chapters and 7 books. He holds twenty-one patents, including three US, three Japanese and one German patents.
His main research interests are: Adhesion and Adhesives, Failure and Degradation of Polymers, Sustainable Materials, Nanocomposites, Rubber-Filler Interaction, Thermoplastic Elastomers and Polymer blends, Polymer modification, and Rubber Technology. He was the 2002 winner of the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers award, the 1997 winner of the George Stafford Whitby award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society for innovative research, 2019 SPE Fred E. Schwab Education Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers and 2001 K.M. Philip award of the All India Rubber Industries Association for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of rubber industries in India.