Mechanical behaviors and applications of shape memory polymer and its composites

W Zhao, N Li, L Liu, J Leng, Y Liu - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Shape memory polymer (SMP) and SMP composites (SMPC) can memorize the permanent
shape and recover from the temporary shape to the permanent shape when stimulated by …

[HTML][HTML] A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

H Meng, G Li - polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

Evaporation-induced sintering of liquid metal droplets with biological nanofibrils for flexible conductivity and responsive actuation

X Li, M Li, J Xu, J You, Z Yang, C Li - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Liquid metal (LM) droplets show the superiority in coalescing into integral liquid conductors
applicable in flexible and deformable electronics. However, the large surface tension, oxide …

Shape-memory polymers and their composites: stimulus methods and applications

J Leng, X Lan, Y Liu, S Du - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) undergo significant macroscopic deformation upon the
application of an external stimulus (eg, heat, electricity, light, magnetism, moisture and even …

Polymer nanocomposites based on functionalized carbon nanotubes

NG Sahoo, S Rana, JW Cho, L Li, SH Chan - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit excellent mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties
as well as nanometer scale diameter and high aspect ratio, which make them an ideal …

Recent advances in shape memory soft materials for biomedical applications

BQY Chan, ZWK Low, SJW Heng… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart and adaptive materials able to recover their
shape through an external stimulus. This functionality, combined with the good …

[HTML][HTML] Shape-memory polymers

M Behl, A Lendlein - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers are an emerging class of active polymers that have dual-shape
capability. They can change their shape in a predefined way from shape A to shape B when …

Shape memory polymer research

PT Mather, X Luo, IA Rousseau - Annual Review of Materials …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The past several years have witnessed significant advances in the field of shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with the elucidation of new compositions for property tuning, the discovery …

[HTML][HTML] A review of shape memory polymer composites and blends

Q Meng, J Hu - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a kind of very important smart polymers. In order to
improve the properties or obtain new functions of SMPs, SMP composites and blends are …

Biomedical applications of thermally activated shape memory polymers

W Small IV, P Singhal, TS Wilson… - Journal of materials …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart materials that can remember a primary shape
and can return to this primary shape from a deformed secondary shape when given an …