Reprogrammable recovery and actuation behaviour of shape-memory polymers

A Lendlein, OEC Gould - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Shape memory is the capability of a material to be deformed and fixed into a temporary
shape. Recovery of the original shape can then be triggered only by an external stimulus …

Recent progress in shape memory polymer: New behavior, enabling materials, and mechanistic understanding

Q Zhao, HJ Qi, T Xie - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs), as a class of programmable stimuli-responsive shape
changing polymers, are attracting increasing attention from the standpoint of both …

Biomimetic micro/nano structures for biomedical applications

T Xiang, J Hou, H Xie, X Liu, T Gong, S Zhou - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Cell behaviors are influenced by the surrounding dynamic microenvironment where the
extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of different micro/nano-structures plays a key role …

Responsive biomaterials: advances in materials based on shape‐memory polymers

JG Hardy, M Palma, SJ Wind, MJ Biggs - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Shape‐memory polymers (SMPs) are morphologically responsive materials with potential
for a variety of biomedical applications, particularly as devices for minimally invasive surgery …

New directions in the chemistry of shape memory polymers

GJ Berg, MK McBride, C Wang, CN Bowman - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
The rapidly expanding field of shape memory polymers (SMPs) is driven by a growing
number of potential applications, such as biomaterials, optics, and electronics. The basic …

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 …

Recent progress in shape memory polymer composites: methods, properties, applications and prospects

M Lei, Z Chen, H Lu, K Yu - Nanotechnology reviews, 2019 - degruyter.com
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) can be programmed to a temporary shape, and then
recover its original shape by applying environmental stimuli when needed. To expands the …

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 …

Recent advances in degradable lactide-based shape-memory polymers

M Balk, M Behl, C Wischke, J Zotzmann… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymers are versatile polymeric materials that have a high potential in
biomedical applications avoiding subsequent surgeries to remove, for example, an …

Redesigning the modern applied medical sciences and engineering with shape memory polymers

S Basak - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2021 - Springer
The shape memory polymers (SMPs) are one of the most evolved classes of stimuli-
responsive polymers that can attain a temporary shape and retrace back to the original …