[HTML][HTML] A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

H Meng, G Li - polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

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 …

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 …

Shape memory polymer research

PT Mather, X Luo, IA Rousseau - Annual Review of Materials …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The past several years have witnessed significant advances in the field of shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with the elucidation of new compositions for property tuning, the discovery …

Biomedical applications of thermally activated shape memory polymers

W Small IV, P Singhal, TS Wilson… - Journal of materials …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart materials that can remember a primary shape
and can return to this primary shape from a deformed secondary shape when given an …

Challenges of shape memory polymers: A review of the progress toward overcoming SMP's limitations

IA Rousseau - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Many applications ranging from biomedical to aerospace have been proposed for the use of
shape memory polymers (SMPs). To optimize SMPs properties for appropriately targeting …

Thermomechanical constitutive models of shape memory polymers and their composites

W Zhao, L Liu, X Lan, J Leng… - Applied …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) and SMP composites (SMPCs) have been widely
employed in several fields and exhibit excellent self-actuation, deformation, and self …

The evolution of mechanical actuation: from conventional actuators to artificial muscles

C Greco, P Kotak, L Pagnotta… - International materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mechanical actuators are defined as mechanical devices that convert an input energy into
motion. Since the 1990s, advancements in the fields of robotics and automation have …

Mechanical models, structures, and applications of shape-memory polymers and their composites

X **n, L Liu, Y Liu, J Leng - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2019 - Springer
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) and their composite materials are stimuli-responsive
materials that have the unique characteristics of lightweight, large deformation, variable …

Shape memory epoxy: composition, structure, properties and shape memory performances

IA Rousseau, T **e - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the intrinsic properties of polymers, medical applications have been the primary
targets for the development of shape memory polymers (SMPs) exhibiting softness at body …