abstract |
The present invention relates to a method for modifying a polymer material having a carbon backbone containing carbon-carbon unsaturation by reaction with a hydrolyzable silane. For example, the polymeric material may be a diene elastomer and the present invention relates to a composition comprising a diene elastomer, a hydrolyzable silane, and a curing agent for the diene elastomer, and to a diene elastomer composition containing a filler. It relates to the use of hydrolyzable silanes as coupling agents. |