Apollo Tyres Global R&d B.v.

Wisut Kaewsakul

Anke Blume

Louis Reuvekamp

Carmela Mangone

Michel Klein Gunnewiek

The present invention relates to a method for chemically adhering a diene rubber to a piezoelectric polymer, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a piezoelectric polymer having at least one surface, b) providing a rubber component having at least one surface and comprising a sulfur cross-linkable rubber composition, c) introducing oxygen-containing functional groups on the at least one surface of the piezoelectric polymer, d) reacting the oxygen-containing functional groups with a compound comprising thiocyanate groups, and e) contacting the surface of the piezoelectric polymer obtained of step d) with the surface of the rubber component, and cross-linking.

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Enschede, Netherlands

Wisut Kaewsakul