摘要：

Poly(1,4-cis-isoprene) from Hevea Brasiliensis, natural rubber (NR), has a worldwide consumption of about 12 million tonn/year. In consideration of the predicted shortages and of the diseases that lead to significant crop loss, research on NR is aimed at finding alternative sources. Partenium argentatum, known as guayule (GR) and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, the russian dandelion (TKS), are mainly investigated. In this work, chemical composition of NR samples from different sources was determined and was correlated with properties of neat NR and NR based nanocomposites.
Keywords: Natural Rubber; nanocomposites; mechanical reinforcement; strain induced crystallization.

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个人简介：

He is currently Professor at Politecnico in Milano (I), Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering G. Natta, for Chemistry of elastomer and composites materials technology.
His current scientific interests are: elastomeric materials, nanofillers and polymer nanocomposites, new polymers from renewable sources.
He is the author of 62 publications on international journals, 41 international patents, 22 patent applications, 12 book chapters, 115 oral presentations and 53 posters at meetings.
He won national awards for his innovative research.