Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) tuaj yeem muab faib ua ob hom: dav dav -TPEs thiab engineering TPEs. Txog rau tam sim no, daim teb tau hloov zuj zus mus rau ntau dua 10 pawg loj thiab ntau dua 30 hom sib txawv. Txij li thaum pib nrhiav pom ntawm polyurethane-raws li TPEs los ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees's Bayer nyob rau hauv 1938- ua raws li kev loj hlob ntawm styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) thaiv copolymer TPEs los ntawm US tuam txhab uas muag Phillips thiab Plhaub nyob rau hauv 1963 thiab ntau lawm ntawm 1965, olefin{17}}raws li TPEs los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Europe, thiab Nyij Pooj hauv xyoo 1970s-kev tsim kho thev naus laus zis tau ua tsis tiav. Tshiab TPE ntau yam tau tshwm sim tsis tu ncua, tsim qhov loj thiab nyuaj TPE toj roob hauv pes uas peb pom niaj hnub no thiab kos ib qho kev sib tw tseem ceeb rau pem hauv ntej hauv kev sib koom ua ke thiab kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev lag luam roj hmab thiab yas.
Cov TPEs tam sim no tsim los ntawm kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb suav nrog: styrene-raws li hom (SBS, SIS, SEBS, SEPS), olefin-raws li hom (TPO, TPV), diene-raws li hom (TPB, TPI), vinyl chloride-raws li hom (TPVC,thane{4}TPE), ester-raws li hom (TPEE), amide-raws li hom (TPAE), fluoropolymer-raws li hom (TPF), silicone-raws li hom, thiab ethylene-raws hom, thiab lwm yam. Qhov kev nthuav dav no suav nrog txhua qhov haujlwm hauv cov khoom siv hluavtaws niaj hnub thiab cov khoom siv hluavtaws.