Elastomers and Plastics: processing, recycling and stabilization

Group leader: 

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Hrdlička, Ph.D.

Group members:

doc. Ing. Antonín Kuta, CSc.

Ing. Drahomír Čadek, Ph.D.

Ing. Alena Kadeřábková, Ph.D.

Ing. Radka Kalousková, CSc.

Ph.D. candidates

Ing. Dominik Březina

Vagif Valiyev, M.Sc.

Research activities

• Recycling of waste tyre rubber
• Bio-based materials from thermoplastic starch
• Natural rubber:  Processability, gel content, natural fillers and antioxidants
• (Co)vulcanization of rubbers: Influence of zinc compounds, reduction of ZnO dosage
• PVC: Light and thermal stability, in-situ prepared plasticizers
• Polymeric materials for effective membrane separations (cooperation with Laboratory of Membrane Separation Processes, doc. Ondřej Vopička).

Recent publications

J. Elastomer Plast. 2024, 56, 262.

J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62, 1781.

Polymer 2024, 290, 126502.

J. Elastomers Plast. 2023, 55, 583.

Plast. Rubber Compos. 2022, 51, 497.

Mater. Today  Commun. 2021, 26, 101912.

KGK – Kautsch. Gummi Kunst. 2020, 72, 31.

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