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Rubber blends based on ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer (EPDM) rubber and fluoroelastomer (FKM) having various blend ratios were prepared. The phase morphology, cure characteristics, hardness, tensile and dynamic viscoelastic properties of the blends were investigated. The cure rate of the blends increased, while the crosslink-density decreased as the FKM content increased. The hardness, tensile strength and elongation at break, and storage modulus (E') increased with increasing FKM loading. A typical incompatible blend behavior was found by observing two distinct tanδ peaks corresponding to EPDM and FKM. Based on the morphology investigation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analyses, a typical 'sea-island' phase morphology was observed for the EPDM/FKM blends. As the FKM loading was increased to 50 phr, the EPDM was found to remain as the continuous phase. At the 80 phr of FKM, a co-continuous phase was observed and the phase inversion was observed at 90 phr of FKM.

：Flexible/stretchable electronics have recently focused, since their applications extend to emerging flexible displays, sensors, dielectric elastomer actuator and generators, and smart surgical tools. Flexible/stretchable electrodes should be synchronized with employing mechanical deformations of either flexing or stretching modes. Thus, the research area is one of the tough subjects, since the electrodes should keep their basic functions of electrodes under various mode of mechanical deformations. In this review, we discuss the recent development in the preparation and properties of such flexible/stretchable electrodes.