Munenao Hirokami

Munenao graduated from Waseda University Graduate School in 2010, and joined Shin-Etsu Chemical that same year.

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Presentation

An easily applicable additive for green tires

Much attention has been paid to sustainability, such as limiting CO2 emissions as well as the microparticle pollution throughout the whole process of the tire industry, including the consumer level. The authors have suggested several new silanes bearing either a mercapto or sulfide group to improve some of those aspects. Nevertheless, using these silanes requires a lot of empirical knowledge and brings certain challenges. Herein, we report a prominent additive that enables us to accomplish high rubber durability and excellent hardness without losing a reasonable processability, leading to less process dependence and more intuitive use than the conventional system.