ABSTRACT
Elastomeric materials are among the important classes of versatile polymers and provide exceptional advantages such as softness, stability, elasticity, and extensibility. Plastomers as a polymeric material combine characteristics and features of plastics and elastomers including rubber-like features with the handling capability of plastic materials. The word “plastomer” is a portmanteau of “plastic” and “elastomer”. Thanks to their unique features, elastomers and plastomers have been widely employed, individually and in combination with identical or non-identical families, in various applications. In this chapter, several types of elastomeric and plastomeric materials have been outlined with a particular emphasis on naturally occurring and bottlebrush elastomer/plastomer materials. Different types of smart elastomeric materials have also been covered in this chapter. It was attempted to discuss how and to what extent the novel elastomeric materials have functioned in tires, electric and electronic devices, actuators, soft robotics, microfluidics, tissues and other products.
