Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

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 …

Biodegradable shape memory polymers in medicine

GI Peterson, AV Dobrynin… - Advanced healthcare …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory materials have emerged as an important class of materials in medicine due
to their ability to change shape in response to a specific stimulus, enabling the simplification …

Poly (ester urea) s: Synthesis, material properties, and biomedical applications

CS Dziewior, K Godwin, NG Judge, NZ Dreger… - Progress in Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amino acid-based poly (ester urea) s (PEUs) are an emerging class of highly tunable,
degradable polymers that have found utility in a wide scope of biomedical applications …

Microneedle system with light trigger for precise and programmable penetration

W Yu, J Shen, C Ji, P Zhang, H Chang, Y Wang… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of microneedle (MN) systems has the potential to benefit a wide range of
biomedical applications but is hindered by poorly controlled insertion. Herein, a novel MN …

Mechanochromism and Strain‐Induced Crystallization in Thiol‐yne‐Derived Stereoelastomers

VC Ritter, SM McDonald, AV Dobrynin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most elastomers undergo strain‐induced crystallization (SIC) under tension; as individual
chains are held rigidly in a fixed position by an applied strain, their alignment along the …

Shape Memory Behavior of Biocompatible Polyurethane Stereoelastomers Synthesized via Thiol–Yne Michael Addition

YH Hsu, D Luong, D Asheghali, AP Dove… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable shape memory elastomers have the potential for use in soft tissue
engineering, drug delivery, and device fabrication applications. Unfortunately, few materials …

Polyethylenimine‐based shape memory polyurethane with low transition temperature and excellent memory performance

H Garg, J Mohanty, P Gupta, A Das… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible shape memory polyurethanes (SMPUs) are the favorable candidates as a coating
or substrate for wearable smart textiles, electronics, and biomedical applications. However …

Self-constructed nanodomain structure in thermosetting blend based on the dynamic reactions of cyanate ester and epoxy resins and its related property

S Chen, L Yuan, Z Wang, A Gu, G Liang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A new strategy to obtain nanodomain structure in thermoset/thermoset blends was
developed via different dynamic reactions of cyanate ester (CE) and epoxy (EP) resins in the …

Effects of blended reversible epoxy domains on structures and properties of self‐healing/shape‐memory thermoplastic polyurethane

T Chen, L Fang, C Lu, Z Xu - Macromolecular Materials and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Few thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) blending materials are reported to tune shape‐
memory capability, self‐healing ability, and recyclability as well as mechanical property due …