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ArticlePolymers2026

Atomistic Mechanisms of Silicone Rubber Degradation Under Coupled Temperature-Humidity-Electric Field Conditions.

Yiheng Zhou, Zhijun An, Yixin He, Cong Qian, Qiuhua Zhou, Wentian Zeng, Xinhan Qiao, Wenyu Ye

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Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yiheng ZhouSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Zhijun AnSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Yixin HeSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Cong QianState Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nantong Power Supply Branch, Nantong 226007, China.
Qiuhua ZhouState Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Nantong Power Supply Branch, Nantong 226007, China.
Wentian ZengSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Xinhan QiaoSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7544-8721
Wenyu YeSchool of Information and Control Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4164-7762

Funding

State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd. Science and Technology Project J2024114
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Abstract

Silicone rubber is an important external insulating material for composite bushings, composite insulators, and other power equipment. During long-term service, it is inevitably exposed to coupled environmental and electrical stresses, such as elevated temperature, moisture ingress, strong electric fields, and partial discharge, which may lead to hydrophobicity loss, surface chalking, crack propagation, and particle shedding. To reveal the microscopic degradation mechanism of silicone rubber under complex operating conditions, a molecular model of methyl vinyl silicone rubber was constructed using Materials Studio. A stable silicone rubber molecular structure was obtained through crosslinking, geometry optimization, and ensemble relaxation. Subsequently, a reactive molecular dynamics simulation system under coupled temperature-humidity-electric field conditions was established using LAMMPS and the ReaxFF reactive force field. Different temperature gradients, electric field intensities, and aging-recovery stages were designed to investigate the degradation behavior of silicone rubber. The evolution of the maximum carbon content, maximum silicon content, carbon-containing decomposition products, and typical small-molecule products, including H

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degradation mechanismreactive molecular dynamicsReaxFFsilicone rubberSi–O bond cleavagetemperature–humidity–electric field coupling

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PMCPMC13307029

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