Influence of carbon nanotubes and polypyrrole on the thermal, mechanical and electroactive shape-memory properties of polyurethane nanocomposites

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POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES (2010, methodology): “For example, theaddition of carboxylatedMWNTs into the PUmatrix by solventmixing improved the tensile strength and modulus of the PU matrix [173,276] as shown in Fig.”
A review of shape memory polymer composites and blends (2009, unknown): “[93,164,165] prepared electro-active SMPU”
A Brief Review of Stimulus-active Polymers Responsive to Thermal, Light, Magnetic, Electric, and Water/Solvent Stimuli (2010, unknown): “The conductive materials which have been used as conductive fillers include carbon nanotubes (CNTs), polypyrrole (Sahoo et al., 2005, 2007a,b), carbon black, and short carbon fiber (Leng et al., 2007a,b, 2008a,b, 2009; Lv et al., 2008).”
Shape-memory polymers and their composites: Stimulus methods and applications (2011, background): “carbon nanotubes [180], carbon nanofibers, SiC, Ni, Fe3O4, clay [181,182], and short or continuous fibers may meet various requirements in practical applications [182,183].”