Thermo/chemo-responsive shape memory effect in polymers: a sketch of working mechanisms, fundamentals and optimization

By Wenyi Huang, Y. Zhao, C. C. Wang, Z. Ding, H. Purnawali, C. Tang, J. Zhang. Journal of polymer research, 2012

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Significantly improving infrared light-induced shape recovery behavior of shape memory polymeric nanocomposite via a synergistic effect of carbon nanotube and boron nitride (2014, unknown): “[14–25].”
A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities (2014, background): “Maximum strain and specific energy versus maximum addition, SMPs can sustain two or more shape changes [181– 183] when triggered by thermal (heating [184] or cooling [185]), electricity [186], magnetic field [187], light [188] or solutions [189] (e.”
From 3D to 4D printing: approaches and typical applications (2015, background): “[44], most, if not all, polymers have the heating-/chemoresponsive SME.”
Mechanisms of the Shape Memory Effect in Polymeric Materials (2013, methodology): “In real implementation, according to the magnitude of volume expansion in polymers, there are three categories under the chemo-responsive SME, namely softening, swelling and dissolving [3].”