A review of shape memory polymers and composites: mechanisms, materials, and applications

Y Xia, Y He, F Zhang, Y Liu, J Leng - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, interest in shape memory polymers (SMPs) has persisted, and
immense efforts have been dedicated to developing SMPs and their multifunctional …

Functional fibers and fabrics for soft robotics, wearables, and human–robot interface

J Xiong, J Chen, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics inspired by the movement of living organisms, with excellent adaptability and
accuracy for accomplishing tasks, are highly desirable for efficient operations and safe …

Magneto‐/electro‐responsive polymers toward manufacturing, characterization, and biomedical/soft robotic applications

E Yarali, M Baniasadi, A Zolfagharian, M Chavoshi… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Magneto-/electro-responsive polymers (MERPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive
materials that are actuated when triggered by external magnetic/electric fields. MERPs …

Advances in shape memory polymers: Remote actuation, multi-stimuli control, 4D printing and prospective applications

X Wang, Y He, Y Liu, J Leng - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymer (SMP) is an excellent smart material, which can sense and perform
active shape change as preprogrammed. So far, there are a wide variety of stimulus …

4D printing of magnetoactive soft materials for on-demand magnetic actuation transformation

Y Zhang, Q Wang, S Yi, Z Lin, C Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Four-dimensional (4D) printed magnetoactive soft material (MASM) with a three-dimensional
(3D) patterned magnetization profile possesses programmable shape transformation and …

4D printing of shape memory materials for textiles: mechanism, mathematical modeling, and challenges

MC Biswas, S Chakraborty… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory materials (SMMs) in 3D printing (3DP) technology garnered much attention
due to their ability to respond to external stimuli, which direct this technology toward an …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic programming of 4D printed shape memory composite structures

F Zhang, L Wang, Z Zheng, Y Liu, J Leng - 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D printed shape memory polymers and their composites are currently a highly
topical research area. The potential applications for 4D printed smart materials are wide …

Shape memory polymers and their composites in biomedical applications

W Zhao, L Liu, F Zhang, J Leng, Y Liu - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a kind of intelligent material, shape memory polymer (SMP) can respond to outside
stimuli and possesses good properties including shape memory effect, deformability and …

Photothermally and magnetically controlled reconfiguration of polymer composites for soft robotics

JAC Liu, JH Gillen, SR Mishra, EE Evans, JB Tracy - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
New materials are advancing the field of soft robotics. Composite films of magnetic iron
microparticles dispersed in a shape memory polymer matrix are demonstrated for …

Shape memory polymers for composites

T Mu, L Liu, X Lan, Y Liu, J Leng - Composites Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of active, deformable materials that can switch
between a temporary shape, which can be freely designed, and their original shape. With …