“…Over the last decades, research on nanocomposites (NCs) has stimulated enormous efforts in the development of improved functional properties [1,2,3]. Among NCs, the production of high performance polymeric NCs (PNCs) by incorporation in the rubber matrix of different nanoparticles, such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, nanosilica, clays, layered silicates, and layered double hydroxides, strongly depends on their good dispersion in rubber [4,5], due to the interfacial nanofiller/polymer interactions and to the formation of a filler percolating network [6,7,8], which enable the material to support large dynamic loads over millions of load cycles [9,10].…”