Recent Advances in Shape Memory Polymers: Multifunctional Materials, Multiscale Structures, and Applications

L Luo, F Zhang, L Wang, Y Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are one of the primary directions in the development of
modern high‐tech new materials, which are integrated with sensing, actuation, information …

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 …

Shape memory polymers: fundamentals, advances and applications

J Hu - 2014 - books.google.com
Shape-memory polymers (SMP) are a unique branch of the smart materials family which are
capable of changing shape on-demand upon exposure to external stimulus. The discovery …

Nano/microstructures of shape memory polymers: from materials to applications

F Zhang, Y Xia, Y Liu, J Leng - Nanoscale horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are macromolecules in which linear chains and
crosslinking points play a key role in providing a shape memory effect. As smart polymers …

New scalable approach toward shape memory polymer composites via “spring-buckle” microstructure design

X Wu, Y Han, Z Zhou, X Zhang, C Lu - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted tremendous research interest since their
discovery. However, most advances in research of SMPs are based on molecular designs …

Recent progress in shape memory polymer composites: methods, properties, applications and prospects

M Lei, Z Chen, H Lu, K Yu - Nanotechnology reviews, 2019 - degruyter.com
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) can be programmed to a temporary shape, and then
recover its original shape by applying environmental stimuli when needed. To expands the …

Recent advances on shape memory polymeric nanocomposites for biomedical applications and beyond

Y Zheng, Y Du, L Chen, W Mao, Y Pu, S Wang… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs), which initiate shape transformation in response to
environmental stimuli, have attracted significant attention in both academic research and …

Active composites based on shape memory polymers: overview, fabrication methods, applications, and future prospects

SK Melly, L Liu, Y Liu, J Leng - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have received immense attention from materials research
community thanks to their unrivaled properties such as high recoverable strains (up to …

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 …

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 …