Biobased polyurethanes for biomedical applications

S Wendels, L Avérous - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are a major family of polymers displaying a wide spectrum of physico-
chemical, mechanical and structural properties for a large range of fields. They have shown …

Lignin‐based polyurethane: recent advances and future perspectives

X Ma, J Chen, J Zhu, N Yan - Macromolecular rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polyurethane (PU), as a polymer material with versatile product forms and excellent
performance, is used in coatings, elastomers, adhesives, and foams widely. However, the …

Heating/solvent responsive shape‐memory polymers for implant biomedical devices in minimally invasive surgery: current status and challenge

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X Zhao, T Shou, R Liang, S Hu, P Yu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The gradual exhaustion of conventional fossil fuels makes it significant to develop
renewable materials. Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), offering the advantages of …

Development and mechanism of high-performance fully biobased shape memory benzoxazine resins with a green strategy

XL Sha, L Yuan, G Liang, A Gu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Develo** high-performance fully biobased shape memory thermosets with a green
strategy is a challenging topic of great interest. Herein, two unique fully biobased …

Evaluation of the bio-based materials utilization in shape memory polymer composites production

M Uyan, MS Celiktas - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are part of the smart materials family. They have the ability
to recover their permanent shape, from a temporary shape, upon application of a stimulus …

Novel shape-memory polyurethane fibers for textile applications

M Sáenz-Pérez, T Bashir, JM Laza… - Textile Research …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this work, thermoresponsive shape-memory polyurethane (SMPU) fibers were produced
by melt spinning from different SMPU pellets. Afterwards, the knitted fabric samples were …

Temperature responsive shape memory polyurethanes

S Mondal - Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Among various SMPs, polyurethane-based temperature-responsive shape memory polymer
has received great interest to the material scientists due to their excellent shape memory …