"Thermoplastic Elastomers: Synthesis and Applications" ed. by Chapal Kumar Das

This book highlights many biological and biomedical applications of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) from which the broader area readers will benefit.

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), commonly known as thermoplastic rubbers, are a category of copolymers having thermoplastic and elastomeric characteristics. A TPE is a rubbery material with properties very close to those of conventional vulcanized rubber at normal conditions. It can be processed in a molten state even at elevated temperatures.
TPEs show advantages typical of both rubbery materials and plastic materials. TPEs are a class of polymers bridging between the service properties of elastomers and the processing properties of thermoplastics.
Nowadays, the best use of thermoplastics is in the field of biomedical applications, starting from artificial skin to many of the artificial human body parts. Apart from these, thermoplastic elastomers are being used for drug encapsulation purposes, and since they are biocompatible in many cases, their scope of applications has been broadened in the biotechnological field as well.

Contents
Preface
1 Synthesis and Properties of Polyurethanes Based on Synthetic Polyhydroxybutyrate for Medical Application
2 Synthesis and Properties of Multiblock Terpoly(Ester-Aliphatic- Amide) and Terpoly(Ester-Ether-Amide) Thermoplastic Elastomers with Various Chemical Compositions of Ester Block
3 Plasticization and Morphology Development in Dynamically Vulcanized Thermoplastic Elastomers
4 Environmental Degradability of Polyurethanes
5 Heat sensing Thermoplastic Elastomer Based on Polyolefins for Encapsulation Applications
6 Thermoplastic Elastomers with Photo-actuating Properties
7 Thermoplastic Resins used in Dentistry