Advances in Thermoplastic Elastomers

Nikhil K. Singha is Professor at the Rubber Technology Centre in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. Prof. Singha received his PhD degree from IIT Bombay in 1996, while doing most of his research work in National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India. He worked in multiple places in the Netherlands, including DSM Research at Geleen, Dutch Polymer Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology and TNO Industries at Eindhoven, before moving to IIT Kharagpur in 2003. He also worked as a DAAD Fellow in the Leibniz Institute for polymer research, Dresden, Germany in 2011 and as a Fulbright Fellow in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA in 2013. Prof. Singha was Chair of the Rubber Technology Centre during 2016-2019. His research interests include synthesis of tailor-made polymers, block, graft and star copolymers, thermoplastic elastomers, functional polymers and elastomers having dynamic linkages leading to self-healing, shape memory and bio-applications, and sustainable materials and processes. Sadhan C. Jana is Professor at the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, United States. He is also Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, at the University of Akron. Prof. Jana received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1993 and worked at GE Corporate Research, before joining the University of Akron in 1998. He served as Chair of the Department of Polymer Engineering during 2004–2011 and 2015–2019. Prof. Jana’s research interests include aerogels, nanofibers, tire tread materials, polymer nanocomposites, and shape memory polymers.

1. Introduction2. Historical accounts of TPEs and TPVs from research to commercialization including review of patent and open, published literature3. Block copolymer phase separation basics, thermodynamics and applications in thermoplastic elastomers4. Styrenic-based thermoplastic elastomers by anionic polymerization 5. Acrylic based TPEs Functional Acrylic based TPE 6. Polyolefin-based TPEs; Fundamental chemistry problems7. Polyolefin-based TPEs: Fundamental blending issues8. Polyolefin-based TPEs: Reactive Processing9. TPEs based on polyisobutylene10. TPE based on graft copolymer11. TPEs based on Rubber/plastic blends with few chapter12. TPEs based on Polyether-polyesters13. High Performance TPEs; Fluorinated TPEs14. High Performance TPEs; Silicone based TPEs15. High Performance Ionic Thermoplastic Elastomers16. Advances in Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomer; Design & Applications and their Circularity17. TPE (Nano) Composite, processing additives on TPEs18. Thermoplastic vulcanizates; Historical perspectives Synthesis strategies19. Sustainability in TPEs; Bio-based TPE20. Sustainability in TPEs; Biodegradable TPE21. Recycling and Circular Economy of Thermoplastic Elastomers22. Outlook on TPEs & Future market