Due to their outstanding properties such as high optical transparency, high electrical
resistance, high thermal insulation, good thermo-mechanical properties, and dimensional …

4D printing is defined as the additive manufacturing process of smart (stimuli‐responsive)
materials. Shape memory materials are sensitive to specific stimuli such as heat, electricity …

This work presents a novel development to accelerate the printing speed of
photopolymerization-based process by improving resin curability with nanosilica fillers. The …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have received immense attention from materials research
community thanks to their unrivaled properties such as high recoverable strains (up to …

Ionic liquids (ILs) are liquid salts at ambient or lower temperatures and consist of ions and
short-lived ion pairs. They are potential alternatives to toxic, hazardous, highly flammable …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are among the main groups of smart materials widely used
in smart textiles and apparels, intelligent medical devices, sensors & actuators, high …

Thermosetting polymers were synthesized from a commercial epoxy resin (diglycidyl ether of
bisphenol A, DGEBA) and tricarboxylic (citric, CA) and different dicarboxylic (sebacic, SA …

Several high‐performance reinforcements may be used in epoxy‐based composites. These
commonly undergo chemical and/or physical treatments to enhance their interfacial …

Epoxy based shape memory polymers have attracted considerable attention in engineering
applications. To achieve excellent thermo-mechanical performance, carbon nanotube (CNT) …

The study aims to optimize the shape change response of the Shape Memory Photopolymer
Composites (SMPPCs) through the use of the Taguchi method. The SMPPCs were created …