Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) are a group of high
performance thermoplastic elastomers prepared by dynamic
vulcanization (DV), which consist of a high content of crosslinked rubber as the dispersed phase and a low content of
thermoplastics as the continuous phase.
TPVs combine the
excellent resilience of conventional vulcanized elastomers and
the good processability and easy recyclability of thermoplastics.
Therefore, TPVs have attracted considerable attention as
typical “green” polymers and have been widely used in
industries such as automotive, building, and electronics in
recent years. Nowadays, TPVs have become one of the fastest
growing elastomers because of the requirements of environmental protection and resource saving.