ʻO Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU), me kāna mau waiwai maikaʻi a me ka noi ākea, ua lilo i kekahi o nā mea nui elastomer thermoplastic, nona nā mole e laina laina me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe paha crosslinking kemika.
Nui nā pilina o ke kino i hana ʻia e nā pilina hydrogen ma waena o nā kaulahao molekika polyurethane linear, kahi e hoʻoikaika ai i kā lākou morphology, no laila e hāʻawi ana i nā waiwai maikaʻi he nui, e like me ka modulus kiʻekiʻe, ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe, ka pale lole maikaʻi, ke kūpaʻa kemika, ke kūpaʻa hydrolysis, kiʻekiʻe a ke kūpale o ka mahana a me ke kūpaʻa. Hana kēia mau waiwai maikaʻi i thermoplastic polyurethane i hoʻohana ākea ʻia i nā ʻano mea like ʻole e like me nā kāmaʻa, ke kaula uila, nā lole, nā kaʻa, nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke olakino, paipu, kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka pale.