Molecular Dynamics and Ionic Conductivity Studies in Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomers

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Dielectric techniques for molecular dynamics studies Broadband dielectric spectroscopy Thermally stimulated depolarization currents techniques Ionic conductivity measurements and analysis Microphase separation and morphology of segmented polyurethanes Neat polyurethane thermoplastic elastomers Ionomers based on polyurethane thermoplastic elastomers Ionomers with ionic moieties in the hard segments Ionomers with ionic moieties in the soft segments Telechelics based on poly(ethylene oxide) Nanocomposites based on polyurethane thermoplastic elastomers Conclusions Acknowledgement References