Research for Switzerland’s energy future

Abstract

The résumé of the NRP “Energy” is a scientific contribution to the process of opinion formation, to political and specialist debate as well as to the planning of strategies and measures necessary for the transformation of the energy system against the backdrop of Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050. With the suggested approaches and recommendations, the résumé is especially aimed at those key stakeholders who, to a considerable extent, shape the energy system and who can thus also influence its development.

Effect of Bidispersity on Polymer-Bound Layers of Carbon Black Primary Particles: Combining Large-Scale Simulations and Experiments

“…As mentioned above, smaller CB particles in the bimodal carrier can store more elastic energy. According to these experimental results, short PE chains, present in the low MW fraction of bimodal melts (or as wax additives), − improve the CB dispersion.…”

“…The incorporation of CB is favored by using multimodal PE, i.e., polymeric materials having multipeaked molecular weight (MW) distributions . Either the use of PE melts having a bimodal MW distribution , or the use of wax coated fillers − improve the dispersion of CB in the final products. Despite the fact that the capability of short PE chains (present in the low MW fraction of bimodal melts or in the wax additives) in improving CB dispersion is already known, the underlying molecular mechanism is still unveiled.…”