Recent advances in shape memory polymers and composites: a review

By D. Ratna, J. Karger‐Kocsis. 2008

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Thermally actuated shape-memory polymers: Experiments, theory, and numerical simulations (2010, background): “The most common shape-memory polymers are those in which the shape-recovery is thermally-induced (e.g., Behl and Lendlein, 2007; Ratna and Kocsis, 2008).”
A Brief Review of Stimulus-active Polymers Responsive to Thermal, Light, Magnetic, Electric, and Water/Solvent Stimuli (2010, background): “A few review papers have been published on SMPs (Lendlein and Kelch, 2002; Behl and Lendlein, 2007; Dietsch and Tong, 2007; Hu, 2007; Tobushi et al., 2007; Gunes and Jana, 2008; Ratna and Karger-Kocsis, 2008; Mather et al., 2009; Meng and Hu, 2009).”
Shape-memory polymers and their composites: Stimulus methods and applications (2011, methodology): “By selecting molecular weight of PCL, hard phase component and soft phase/hard phase compositions, the transition temperature of the biodegradable SMP with PCL soft phase can be adjusted to meet the requirement for the biomedical or other applications [5].”
A review of recent research on mechanics of multifunctional composite materials and structures (2010, background): “This is particularly true for electroactive shape memory polymer composites containing conductive fillers [18].”