**Meet the editor**

Professor Chapal Kumar Das is a professor at the Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India. He has received his Ph.D. from the same institute. He has both industrial and academic experience. His research interest lies in the fields of polymer blends and alloys, high-performance composites based on LCP, self-reinforcing elastomers, nano-polymer composites, devul-

canization of scrap tires, direct fluorination of plastics, flexible engineering composites for defense applications, short Kevlar fiber composites based on thermoplastics, carbon nanotube–polymer composites, modification of nanofillers, welding of thermoplastic nanocomposites, and elastomeric thin films. His present research interest is in the development of supercapacitors, high-power microwave-absorbing materials, and fuel and solar cells. He has contributed 15 scientific chapters in books and encyclopedias. He has completed 17 high-value projects. He has supervised 32 Ph.D. students and 36 M.Tech./M.S. students. He has published about 370 papers in international journals and about 40 papers in national journals. He has travelled widely throughout various countries for different collaborative projects and international conferences. He served as the Head of the Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur. He is the recipient of the Lady Davis fellowship, Israel. He is a fellow of IRI and a life member of MRSI and the Polymer Society.

## Contents

## **Preface XI**


Chapter 2 **Synthesis and Properties of Multiblock Terpoly(Ester-Aliphatic-Amide) and Terpoly(Ester-Ether-Amide) Thermoplastic Elastomers with Various Chemical Compositions of Ester Block 25** Joanna Rokicka and Ryszard Ukielski

Chapter 3 **Plasticization and Morphology Development in Dynamically Vulcanized Thermoplastic Elastomers 49** Shant Shahbikian and Pierre J. Carreau

