A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

JM Jani, M Leary, A Subic, MA Gibson - Materials & Design (1980-2015), 2014 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) belong to a class of shape memory materials (SMMs), which
have the ability to 'memorise'or retain their previous form when subjected to certain stimulus …

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

Q Zhao, HJ Qi, T **e - 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 …

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 …

[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 …

Stimulus-responsive shape memory materials: a review

L Sun, WM Huang, Z Ding, Y Zhao, CC Wang… - Materials & Design, 2012 - Elsevier
Stimulus-responsive materials are able to response to a particular stimulus, such as, heat,
chemical, and light. As such, they are smarter and more intelligent than ordinary materials …

Shape memory polymers and their composites in aerospace applications: a review

Y Liu, H Du, L Liu, J Leng - Smart materials and structures, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
As a new class of smart materials, shape memory polymers and their composites (SMPs and
SMPCs) can respond to specific external stimulus and remember the original shape. There …

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 …

A review of stimuli-responsive polymers for smart textile applications

J Hu, H Meng, G Li, SI Ibekwe - Smart Materials and Structures, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers (SRPs) are smart materials which can show noticeable
changes in their properties with environmental stimulus variations. Novel functionalities can …

[HTML][HTML] A review of shape memory polymer composites and blends

Q Meng, J Hu - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a kind of very important smart polymers. In order to
improve the properties or obtain new functions of SMPs, SMP composites and blends are …