[HTML][HTML] The shape–morphing performance of magnetoactive soft materials

AK Bastola, M Hossain - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetoactive soft materials (MSMs) are soft polymeric composites filled with magnetic
particles that are an emerging class of smart and multifunctional materials with immense …

Multifunctional magnetic soft composites: A review

S Wu, W Hu, Q Ze, M Sitti, R Zhao - Multifunctional materials, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetically responsive soft materials are soft composites where magnetic fillers are
embedded into soft polymeric matrices. These active materials have attracted extensive …

Soft actuators for small‐scale robotics

L Hines, K Petersen, GZ Lum, M Sitti - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators,
highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐to centimeter‐scale robotic applications …

Review on recent advances in 4D printing of shape memory polymers

YS Alshebly, M Nafea, MSM Ali, HAF Almurib - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Four-dimensional (4D) printing is gaining interest in the past few years. The
prototyping freedom of 3D printing coupled with the abilities of smart materials and their …

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators.

S Jiang, F Liu, A Lerch, L Ionov… - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2015 - europepmc.org
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Heating/solvent responsive shape‐memory polymers for implant biomedical devices in minimally invasive surgery: current status and challenge

R Xiao, WM Huang - Macromolecular bioscience, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review is about the fundamentals and practical issues in applying both heating and
solvent responsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) for implant biomedical devices via …

Recent developments in shape memory polymer nanocomposites: Actuation methods and mechanisms

W Wang, Y Liu, J Leng - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on shape memory polymer is developing promptly over the past three decades,
holding the promise to apply in micro actuators, medicine, basic science, biological science …

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 …

Giving direction to motion and surface with ultra‐fast speed using oriented hydrogel fibers

L Liu, S Jiang, Y Sun, S Agarwal - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoresponsive hydrogel fibrous membranes showing directionally controlled
movements and surface change with ultra‐fast speed are presented for the first time. They …

Electrospun shape memory polymer micro-/nanofibers and tailoring their roles for biomedical applications

M Zare, P Davoodi, S Ramakrishna - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) as a relatively new class of smart materials have gained
increasing attention in academic research and industrial developments (eg, biomedical …