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Autonomous, hands-free shape memory in glassy, liquid crystalline polymer networks.
- Source :
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Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) [Adv Mater] 2012 Jun 05; Vol. 24 (21), pp. 2839-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Apr 25. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Repeatedly forming temporary shapes can be a limitation to the employment of shape memory polymers. This work utilizes glassy, liquid crystal polymer networks to spontaneously form 3D shapes that are independent of a user. These shapes are autonomously fixed with rapid temperature cycling.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
- Subjects :
- Polymerization
Semiconductors
Temperature
Polymers chemistry
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1521-4095
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22535595
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201200374