As a kind of smart material, shape memory polymer (SMP) shows great application potential
in the biomedical field. Compared with traditional metal‐based medical devices, SMP …

Abstract Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function.
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …

Shape memory polymer (SMP) is an excellent smart material, which can sense and perform
active shape change as preprogrammed. So far, there are a wide variety of stimulus …

The research on advanced functional polymers is being driven by the fast-growing demand
for new functional materials that can be used in revolutionary technologies. Polymers can be …

Shape memory polymers and their composites are capable to hold a temporary shape and
recover to the original shape upon exposure to a particular external stimulus. The stimulus …

Shape‐changing polymers are an emerging class of smart stimuli‐responsive materials.
Among the different stimuli that could be used for polymer actuation, light has several …

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPC) are a kind of intelligent material that can
change state from temporary situation to original form under the external stimulus. Among all …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are capable of changing their shapes in a pre-defined
manner under a stimulus, and have gained considerable interest in the past decades …

As we enter the age of artificial intelligence (AI), new technologies will be needed to
“sample” environmental conditions to provide data to AI systems that will yield a specific …

This article reviews recent progress in the use of stimuli-responsive polymers for soft
robotics. First, we introduce different types of representative stimuli-responsive polymers …