• Study on Polyethylene Glycol-800-Modified Natural Rubber Latex Composites via Microwave Drying

  • Xiaozheng Wang*, Ziyang Wang*, Haiqing Zhou*, Mingchao Wang***, Chuansheng Wang*,**, and Huiguang Bian*,**,†

  • *School of Mechatronics Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Shandong, 266061, China
    **National Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Tire Equipment and Key Materials,
    Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong Province, 266061, China
    ***National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Chemical Power, Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemotechnology, Xiangyang 441003, China

  • 마이크로파 건조를 이용한 폴리에틸렌글리콜-800 개질 천연고무 라텍스 복합재료에 관한 연구

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(5): 736-753

    Published online Sep 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.5.736
  • Received on May 20, 2026
  • Revised on Aug 6, 2026
  • Accepted on Aug 8, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Huiguang Bian

  • *School of Mechatronics Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Shandong, 266061, China
    **National Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Tire Equipment and Key Materials,
    Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong Province, 266061, China

  • E-mail: bhg@qust.edu.cn