• openAccess   Bentonite as an active natural filler for silicone leading to piezoelectric-like response material 

      Iacob, Mihail; tiron, vasile; Stiubianu, George Theodor; Dascalu, Mihaela; Hernandez, Leonor; Varganici, Cristian-Dragos; Tugui, Codrin; Cazacu, Maria Elsevier (2022-01-10)
      Raw sodium bentonite (Bent) without preliminary treatments is incorporated as a filler in a silicone matrix, from 5 to 100 parts per hundred (pph), by weight, by simple mixing in solution. The mixtures are processed as ...
    • openAccess   Silicone elastomers filled with rare earth oxides 

      Iacob, Mihail; Airinei, Anton; Asandulesa, Mihail; Dascalu, Mihaela; Tudorachi, Nita; Hernandez, Leonor; Cazacu, María IOP Publishing Ltd (2020)
      Silicones which possess, amongst others, remarkable mechanical properties, thermal stability over a wide range of temperatures and processability, and rare earth oxides(REO), known for their unique optic, magnetic and ...