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.