Rubber—Advances and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

The vulcanization process is necessary to produce most useful rubber articles, like tires and mechanical goods. Generally, unvulcanized rubber is weak, does not retract to its original shape after significant deformation, and can be very sticky; in short, it can have the same consistency as chewing gum. However, sulfur vulcanization provides flexibility, as one can control the type of crosslink intended for a specific use or application and overcome the drawbacks of chemical vulcanization, including pollution, energy consumption, time consumption, and nonuniform vulcanization. Thus, the idea of this Special Issue is to unite manuscripts that not only present the most recent advances in the understanding of conventional sulfur vulcanization, but also show new possibilities for the production and recycling of rubber artifacts.

Dr. Helson Moreira da Costa
Guest Editor

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