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 …

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 …

4D printing of shape memory‐based personalized endoluminal medical devices

M Zarek, N Mansour, S Shapira… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The convergence of additive manufacturing and shape‐morphing materials is promising for
the advancement of personalized medical devices. The capability to transform 3D objects …

Water‐triggered stiffening of shape‐memory polyurethanes composed of hard backbone dangling PEG soft segments

W Liu, A Wang, R Yang, H Wu, S Shao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shape‐memory polymers (SMPs) induced by heat or water are commonly used candidates
for biomedical applications. Shape recovery inevitably leads to a dramatic decrease of …

Stereolithographic 4D bioprinting of multiresponsive architectures for neural engineering

S Miao, H Cui, M Nowicki, L Xia, X Zhou… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D printing represents one of the most advanced fabrication techniques for
prospective applications in tissue engineering, biomedical devices, and soft robotics, among …

3D printed biodegradable functional temperature-stimuli shape memory polymer for customized scaffoldings

A Pandey, G Singh, S Singh, K Jha… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) and their composites have become the prominent choice
of the various industries owing to the unique inherent characteristics which can be …

Shape memory thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) blends as self-knotting sutures

X Jing, HY Mi, HX Huang, LS Turng - Journal of the mechanical behavior of …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Self-healable conductive polyurethane with the body temperature‐responsive shape memory for bone tissue engineering

A Shaabani, R Sedghi, H Motasadizadeh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Today, researches have been extended to prepare multifunctional scaffolds capable of
regulating cellular behaviors, including human Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the flame retardancy of thermoplastic polyurethane by introducing montmorillonite nanosheets modified with phosphorylated chitosan

X Liu, J Guo, W Tang, H Li, X Gu, J Sun… - Composites Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphorylated chitosan (PCS) was applied to decorate montmorillonite under ultrasonic
catalysis to prepare organically modified exfoliated montmorillonite (PMT). It was …

3D printing of thermoreversible polyurethanes with targeted shape memory and precise in situ self-healing properties

Y Zhang, XY Yin, M Zheng, C Moorlag… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of durable 3D parts composed of functional polymers for intelligent devices
such as robots is highly desirable. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis, 3D printing and …