Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are polymeric smart materials that have the ability to return from a deformed state (temporary shape) to their original (permanent)...

robotics, and sensor technology. Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are able to recover their original shape from a deformed shape under certain circumstances,...

unidirectional shape-shape-memory effect is an effect classified within the new so-called smart materials. Polymers with thermally induced shape-memory effect...

metallurgy, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It...

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changing shape (shape memory polymers). Usually, slight changes in the environment are sufficient to induce large changes in the polymer's properties...

compatibilization Sequence-controlled polymer Shape-memory polymer Sol–gel process Supramolecular polymer Thermoplastic Thermosetting polymer Roiter, Y.; Minko, S. (2005)...

applications. PEEK is not traditionally a shape-memory polymer; however, recent advances in processing have allowed shape-memory behaviour in PEEK with mechanical...

using fibre or fabric reinforcements and shape-memory polymer resin as the matrix. Since a shape-memory polymer resin is used as the matrix, these composites...

1959-2003 Shape-memory polymer, smart materials Signal Message Processor, for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Silyl modified polymers, used...

A shape-memory material is a material that can be deformed and can return to its previous shape: Shape-memory alloys Shape-memory polymers This disambiguation...

(2011-08-09). "A versatile approach to achieve quintuple-shape memory effect by semi-interpenetrating polymer networks containing broadened glass transition and...

Deployment of a Solar Panel Using Elastic Origami and Distributed Shape-Memory-Polymer Actuators". Physical Review Applied. 11 (6): 064069. arXiv:1810.08978...

Light-induced shape-memory polymers. Nature 434, 879–882 (2005). Lendlein, A., Langer, R.: Biodegradable, Elastic Shape Memory Polymers for Potential...

eliminating the need to use external joints, adhesives, and fasteners. Shape memory polymer (SMP) actuators are the most similar to our muscles, providing a...

degradable thermoplastic polymers. These polymers are now able to change their shape with increase of temperature, causing shape memory capabilities as well...

bend, expand or contract when a voltage is applied. Shape-memory alloys and shape-memory polymers are materials in which large deformation can be induced...

mass of a polymer differs from typical molecules, in that polymerization reactions produce a distribution of molecular weights and shapes. The distribution...

field of coatings for example, a scratched region of a self-healing shape memory polymer coating containing a heat generating agent on aluminium alloys was...

Bellisario, Denise; Quadrini, Fabrizio (25 January 2018). "Shape Memory Behavior of PET Foams". Polymers. 10 (115): 115. doi:10.3390/polym10020115. PMC 6415055...

desired spatial distribution. Materials include polymers, responsive hydrogels, shape memory polymers and bio-materials. The micro electro-mechanical...

piezoelectric behavior, where the polymer will generate an electric field when stress is applied, or change shape upon application of an electric field...

thermal transition of the polymer, shape memory behavior can be exhibited. This is where the polymer conforms to deformed shape and then returns to its...

state variables. Notably, his work has extended to magnetic SMAs, shape memory polymers, and high-temperature phase-transforming materials. Furthermore...

Martin L. (2016-08-08). "Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers". Scientific Reports. 6 (1). Springer Science and Business Media...

self-assembling rolling robots; solar panels for space missions made of a shape-memory polymer that unfolds in sunlight; and heat-sensitive artificial skin made...

engineers are using materials such as electroactive polymers (EAP), shape memory polymers, and shape memory alloys to achieve action origami structures. These...

Becker ML (2020). "Advancing Toward 3D Printing of Bioresorbable Shape Memory Polymer Stents". Biomacromolecules. 21 (10): 3957–3965. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac...

property of remembering their original shape even after being severely deformed. Thanks to their intrinsic shape memory and superelastic effects, they represent...

has shown shape memory behavior depending on the concentration of poly-ε-caprolactone added. In general, biodegradable polymers break down to form...