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Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials pp 2517–2522Cite as

Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs)

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Dynamic vulcanizates

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Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) are a very special class of thermoplastic elastomers prepared by dynamic vulcanization or cross-linking process, which involves the cross-linking of a rubber phase while it is being melt-mixed with a thermoplastic material at elevated temperature.

Introduction on Thermoplastic Elastomers

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are an interesting class of materials, since they combine the good elastic properties of cross-linked rubbers with the melt (re)processability of thermoplastics. The combination of these properties is obtained by the typical molecular architecture of the material having thermoreversible network structure. Typically, cross-links in thermoset rubbers are chemical in nature: the curing step is irreversible, and once the rubber is molded and cured, the material cannot be (re)processed anymore. They are not only good substitutes for thermoset rubbers but also a new emerging dimension of applications....

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, C1-104, IIT Campus, 721302, Kharagpur, India

    Kinsuk Naskar

  2. Global R&D, Apollo Tyres Ltd., Chennai, TN, India

    R. Rajesh Babu

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  1. Kinsuk Naskar
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Correspondence to Kinsuk Naskar .

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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Naskar, K., Babu, R.R. (2015). Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs). In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_310

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