Smart polymers and nanocomposites for 3D and 4D printing

M Falahati, P Ahmadvand, S Safaee, YC Chang, Z Lyu… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart materials, also known as intelligent materials, which are responsive to the external
stimuli including heat, moisture, stress, pH, and magnetic fields, have found extensive …

Recent advances in shape–memory polymers: Structure, mechanism, functionality, modeling and applications

J Hu, Y Zhu, H Huang, J Lu - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Research on shape–memory polymers (SMPs) has been actively conducted for more than
three decades. Recently, interest in this area has intensified. Even though there have been a …

4D printing smart biomedical scaffolds with novel soybean oil epoxidized acrylate

S Miao, W Zhu, NJ Castro, M Nowicki, X Zhou, H Cui… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Photocurable, biocompatible liquid resins are highly desired for 3D stereolithography based
bioprinting. Here we solidified a novel renewable soybean oil epoxidized acrylate, using a …

Shape-memory polymers for multiple applications in the materials world

F Pilate, A Toncheva, P Dubois, JM Raquez - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) as stimuli-responsive shape-changing polymers are of
great interest for fundamental research and technological innovation. In this contribution, a …

Shape-memory polymers and their composites: stimulus methods and applications

J Leng, X Lan, Y Liu, S Du - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) undergo significant macroscopic deformation upon the
application of an external stimulus (eg, heat, electricity, light, magnetism, moisture and even …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in polymer shape memory

T Xie - Polymer, 2011 - Elsevier
Traditional shape memory polymers (SMPs) are those capable of memorizing a temporary
shape and recovering to the permanent shape upon heating. Although such a basic concept …

Biocompatible tissue-engineered scaffold polymers for 3D printing and its application for 4D printing

R Hasanzadeh, P Mihankhah, T Azdast… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In severe tissue destruction, not only large number of cells are destroyed, but also the
extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM is a three-dimensional (3D) network that provides …

Multifunctional shape‐memory polymers

M Behl, MY Razzaq, A Lendlein - Advanced materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The thermally‐induced shape‐memory effect (SME) is the capability of a material to change
its shape in a predefined way in response to heat. In shape‐memory polymers (SMP) this …

Review of progress in shape-memory polymers

C Liu, H Qin, PT Mather - Journal of materials chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted significant attention from both industrial and
academic researchers due to their useful and fascinating functionality. This review …

Tunable polymer multi-shape memory effect

T Xie - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Shape memory polymers are materials that can memorize temporary shapes and revert to
their permanent shape upon exposure to an external stimulus such as heat, light,, moisture …