HANDBOOK OF CONDENSATION THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS

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.

Stoyko Fakirov got his MS on Chenistry from Sofia University (1959), the PhD degree (1965) from Lomonossovs`State University in Moscow, and in 1982 his DSc degree. In 1972 he became Assoc. Professor and in 1987 full Professor of polymer Chemistry. Awards and reconitions: Humboldt Fellow (1972) and Humboldt Research Award (2000), Fellow of the Ministry of Eductaion of Egypt, India, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, of JSPS (Japan), of USIA (USA), of NATO-Spain, Editorial Board member of 3 international polymer journals. He has published some 300 papers, has 11 US patents, contributed to 150 meetings and delivered more than 100 invited seminar talks world wide. He is also author or co-author, and editor or co-editor of 11 books on polymers.

PART I: INTRODUCTION.

Chapter 1: Creation and Development of Thermoplastic Elastomers, and Their Position Among Organic Materials (E. Maréchal).

Chapter 2: Polycondensation Reactions in Thermoplastic Elastomer Chemistry: State of the Art, Trends, and Future Developments (E. Maréchal).

PART II: POLYESTER-BASED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS.

Chapter 3: Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers: Synthesis, Properties, and Some Applications (Z. Roslaniec).

Chapter 4: Terpoly(Ester-b-Ether-b-Amide) Thermoplastic Elastomers: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties (R. Ukielski).

Chapter 5: High Performance Thermoplastic Aramid Elastomers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (H. Yamakawa, H. Miyata).

Chapter 6: Poly(Ether Ester) Thermoplastic Elatomers: Phase and Deformation Behavior on the Nano- and Microlevel (S. Fakirov).

Chapter 7: Condensation Thermoplastic Elastomers Under Load: Methodological Studies of Nanostructure Evolution by X-ray Scattering (N. Stribeck).

Chapter 8: Dielectric Relaxation of Polyester-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers (T. A. Ezquerra).

PART III: POLYAMIDE-BASED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS.

Chapter 9: Thermoplastic Poly(Ether-b-Amide) Elastomers: Synthesis (F. L. G. Malet).

Chapter 10: Poly(Ether-b-Amide) Thermoplastic Elastomers: Structure, Properties, and Applications (R.-P. Eustache).

Chapter 11: Semicrystalline Segmented Poly(Ether-b-Amide) Copolymers: Overview of Solid-State Structure-Property Relationships and Uniaxial Deformation Behavior (J. P. Sheth, G. L. Wilkes).

PART IV: POLYURETHANE-BASED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS.

Chapter 12: Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers in Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (O. Grigoryeva, A. Fainleib, L. Sergeeva).

Chapter 13: Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomers Comprising Hydrazine Derivatives: Chemical Aspects (Yu. Savelyev).

Chapter 14: Molecular Dynamics and Ionic Conductivity Studies in Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomers (P. Pissis, G. Polizos).

PART V: BLENDS, COMPOSITES, APPLICATIONS, AND RECYCLING OF THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS.

Chapter 15: Polymer Blends Containing Thermoplastic Elastomers of the Condensation and Addition Types (J. Karger-Kocsis, S. Fakirov).

Chapter 16: “Nanoreinforcement” of Thermoplastic Elastomers (J. Karger-Kocsis).

Chapter 17: Commercial Condensation and Addition Thermoplastic Elastomers: Composition, Properties, and Applications (O. Gryshchuk).

Chapter 18: Shape Memory Effects of Multiblock Thermoplastic Elastomers (B. K. Kim, S. H. Lee, M. Furukawa).

Chapter 19: Condensation and Addition Thermoplastic Elastomers: Recycling Aspects (T. Spychaj, M. Kacperski, A. Kozlowska).

Acknowledgements to previous publishers.

Author Index.

Subject Index.