Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
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Shape memory polymers and their applications
, 2016 Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are an innovative member of smart material family. They have emerged in recent years as a promising material with an ability to undergo a significant deformation under external load and respond reversibly in the presence of a
Al Azzawi, W. S. +3 more
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Advanced Design Concepts for Shape-Memory Polymers in Biomedical Applications and Soft Robotics. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Fetisova AA, Surmeneva MA, Surmenev RA.
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Smart scaffolds: shape memory polymers (SMPs) in tissue engineering. [PDF]
J Mater Chem B, 2021 Pfau MR, Grunlan MA.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.TESCLA (tubular electromagnetic soft conformal linear actuator) combines liquid‐metal solenoids and compliant magnetic composites to achieve large‐stroke bidirectional actuation with continuous bending. Integrated inductance‐based self‐sensing enables proprioceptive position estimation without external sensors, providing a versatile platform for soft ...
Yeongjin Choi +3 more
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Shape Memory Polymers as Smart Lost Circulation Materials for Geothermal and Petroleum Drilling: A Critical Review of Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Perspectives in High-Temperature Fractured Formations. [PDF]
ACS OmegaCao L, An Y, Zheng X, Yang H.
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New Approach to Shape Memory Polymer Composite Production Using Alkaline Lignin-Reinforced Epoxy-Based Shape Memory Polymers. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2023 Uyan M, Celiktas MS.
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Advanced Materials for Biologics Delivery to Brain Tumors
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Material innovation is central to unlocking the therapeutic potential of biologics against many central nervous system diseases, including brain cancer. By engineering carriers with controlled transport, targeting, and release properties, advanced materials can overcome the blood–brain barrier and tumor microenvironment, improving the delivery of ...
Yuran Feng +4 more
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PolyT-GNN: A Graph Neural Network Framework for Data-Driven Discovery of High-Temperature Two-Way Shape Memory Polymers. [PDF]
ACS Appl Mater InterfacesTeimouri A, Mu X, Li G.
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On the Size Effect of Additives in Amorphous Shape Memory Polymers. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Zirdehi EM +3 more
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