Ebook - Handbook of Condensation Thermoplastic Elastomers

About This Book

Reporting on the work of an international team of scientists actively involved in the study of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) based on polyesters, polyamides, and polyurethanes, this book is the first to provide a detailed description of condensation TPE with close attention paid to polyamide-based systems.

Reflecting the increasing importance of TPE as engineering plastics, the authors discuss the widened application opportunities by preparing systems with various chemical compositions and molecular structures as (semi-) interpenetrating networks.

The contents also cover the chemical aspects, physical structure and properties, life cycle assessment, and recycling possibilities as well as such unique "smart" properties like the shape memory effect of the three classes of thermoplastic elastomers.

Contents

Front Matter (pages i–xxiv)

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1 : Creation and Development of Thermoplastic Elastomers, andTheir Position among Organic Materials (pages 1–31)

Chapter 2 : Polycondensation Reactions in Thermoplastic ElastomerChemistry: State of the Art, Trends, and Future Developments (pages 33–73)

Part II: Polyester-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers

Chapter 3 : Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers: Synthesis, Properties,and Some Applications (pages 75–116)

Chapter 4 : Terpoly(Ester-b-Ether-b-Amide) ThermoplasticElastomers: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties (pages 117–140)

Chapter 5 : High Performance Thermoplastic Aramid Elastomers:Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (pages 141–166)

Chapter 6 : Poly(Ether Ester) Thermoplastic Elatomers: Phase andDeformation Behavior on the Nano- and Microlevel (pages 167–196)

Chapter 7 : Condensation Thermoplastic Elastomers under Load: MethodologicalStudies of Nanostructure Evolution by X-ray Scattering (pages 197–225)

Chapter 8 : Dielectric Relaxation of Polyester-Based ThermoplasticElastomers (pages 227–239)