Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart and adaptive materials able to recover their
shape through an external stimulus. This functionality, combined with the good …

Abstract 4D printing is the next step on from 3D printing involving the fourth dimension of
'time'. The programmed 4D-printed objects are capable of changing their shape in response …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have facilitated the development of smart materials. The
SMPs can be used in 3D printing technology to achieve intelligent deformation over time, ie …

In recent periods, shape memory hydrogels (SMHs) have sought conjoint attention from
industries as well as academia owing their intrinsic biocompatibility as well as …

Thermally responsive shape memory polymers have promising applications in many fields,
especially in biomedical areas. In this study, a simple method was purposed to prepare …

Despite tremendous advances in the preparation of smart materials, it remains a great
challenge to integrate shape memory and self-healing properties into one material system …

A kind of thermally-electrically responsive shape memory fibers made of polycaprolactone
(PCL) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with electric heating and strain sensing …

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 polymers, as a kind of smart materials, play an important role in more and
more fields, such as aerospace, biomedicine and intelligent clothing field and so on …

Shape memory-assisted self-healing polymers have drawn attention over the past few years
owing to their interdisciplinary and wide range of applications. Self-healing and shape …