[HTML][HTML] A review of recent research on bio-inspired structures and materials for energy absorption applications

N San Ha, G Lu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the availability of lightweight structures with excellent energy
absorption capacity is essential for numerous engineering applications. Inspired by many …

Multiple and two-way reversible shape memory polymers: Design strategies and applications

K Wang, YG Jia, C Zhao, XX Zhu - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are capable of changing their shapes in a pre-defined
manner under a stimulus, and have gained considerable interest in the past decades …

Inverse Design of Energy‐Absorbing Metamaterials by Topology Optimization

Q Zeng, S Duan, Z Zhao, P Wang, H Lei - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with the forward design method through the control of geometric parameters and
material types, the inverse design method based on the target stress‐strain curve is helpful …

[HTML][HTML] Four-dimensional printing of a novel acrylate-based shape memory polymer using digital light processing

H Wu, P Chen, C Yan, C Cai, Y Shi - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs), a type of promising smart materials, are gradually applied
into digital light processing (DLP) technology to realize four-dimensional (4D) printing …

Progress of shape memory polymers and their composites in aerospace applications

F Li, Y Liu, J Leng - Smart Materials and Structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape memory polymers and their composites are kind of smart materials, which can
transfer from the temporarily fixed configuration to the original configuration under external …

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 …

Photo-cross-linking: a powerful and versatile strategy to develop shape-memory polymers

H Xie, KK Yang, YZ Wang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Shape-memory polymers (SMPs), as an important class of smart materials, have
been attracting interests from both academia and industries. Over the past two decades, the …

Integrative hinge based on shape memory polymer composites: Material, design, properties and application

T Liu, L Liu, M Yu, Q Li, C Zeng, X Lan, Y Liu… - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Self-deployable structures based on shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) have the
capability of self-deploy, light weight and high load-bearing. This paper presents the detail of …

[HTML][HTML] Bending shape recovery of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced epoxy-based shape memory polymer composites

F Li, F Scarpa, X Lan, L Liu, Y Liu, J Leng - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
The thermo-mechanical properties of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced epoxy-based
shape memory polymer (SMP) composites with fiber mass fractions of 16%, 23%, 30%, 37 …

Multi-performance shape memory epoxy resins and their composites with narrow transition temperature range

L Luo, F Zhang, J Leng - Composites Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Shape memory epoxy resins are one of the most widely used engineering smart polymers,
which is mainly used in active deformation structures in aerospace, intelligent bionics, and …