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4D printing of shape memory polymer with continuous carbon fiber
Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) have gained attention for their shape memory effects and wide-ranging applications. Understanding the bending...
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Manufacturing and Testing of Shape Memory Polymer Composite Actuators
Shape memory (SM) polymer composite (PC) actuators have been manufactured by using carbon fibre reinforced (CFR) prepregs and by integrating flexible...
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Shape Memory Polymer Composite Booms with Applications in Reel-Type Solar Arrays
Solar arrays are the primary energy source for spacecraft. Although traditional rigid solar arrays improve power supply, the quality increases...
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Multiple relaxation mechanism-based thermo-mechanical constitutive model describing cyclic shape memory effect of shape memory polyurethane
As an inherent property of the shape memory polymers (SMPs), relaxation plays a crucial role in their mechanical deformation and shape memory effect...
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Spinodal dynamics of metastable glass transition domains in amorphous polymer towards thermomechanically tailorable shape memory effect
Glass transition plays a critical role to determine the dynamic behaviors of amorphous shape memory polymers (SMPs). However, the fundamental...
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Sustainable 4D printing of magneto-electroactive shape memory polymer composites
Typical techniques for creating synthetic morphing structures suffer from a compromise between quick shape change and geometric complexity. A novel...
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Design and Snap-Through Behaviors of Shape Memory Polymer Based Multistable Mesh Structure
A design of shape memory polymer based multistable mesh structures is presented. Based on the curved beam bistable unit cell, the snap-through...
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Synthesis Techniques of Shape-Memory Polymer Composites
The past decade has seen an impressive development in shape-memory polymers (SMPs) with several significant uses. These materials grant a low-priced...
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Theoretical Analysis of the Buckling Behaviors of Inhomogeneous Shape Memory Polymer Composite Laminates Considering Prestrains
The mismatch in thermal expansion coefficients between the fiber-rich and resin-rich regions of a shape memory polymer composite (SMPC) laminate,...
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Wet Synthesis Methods of Shape-Memory Polymer Composites
Shape-memory polymer composites (SMPCs) are active smart materials which are having the ability to return to their original shape from their deformed...
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Curvature arising in shape memory polymer sheets via light absorption
Morphing is a process that spontaneously creates a three-dimensional (3D) curved surface shape from a two-dimensional flat sheet. It has attracted...
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Actuation of light-activated shape memory polymer laminated beams: theory and experiment
A new light-activated shape memory polymer (LaSMP) exhibits great potentials in actuator application because of its adaptiveness, reconfigurableness...
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Application of interpolated double network model for carbon nanotube composites in electrothermal shape memory behaviors
Multi-wall carbon nanotube filled shape memory polymer composite (MWCNT/SMC) possessed enhanced modulus, strength, and electric conductivity, as well...
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Development of MAX Phase Particles Reinforced Shape Memory Epoxy/PCL Polymer Composites
In this work, a study has been made to examine the application of Ti 3 AlC 2 as a potential reinforcement in novel shape memory polymer (SMP) to enhance...
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Tribological behavior of shape memory cyanate ester materials and their tunable friction mechanism
High-performance polymer friction materials with tunable tribological behavior to fit varied work conditions remain a challenge of widespread...
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On demand bidirectional shape transformations and novel chiral actuators of photomediated shape memory polymer film based on photothermal OEGy-W18O49 nanowires
The spatially controllable shape-shifting behaviors of a planar two-dimensional (2D) film to three-dimensional (3D) shapes upon external stimuli are...
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Analysis of Copper Reinforcement Effect on Epoxy-Based Shape Memory Polymer for Smart Actuators
With the advancement of technology, more and more research works are undergoing for the development of advanced materials. Recently, material...
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Mechanical properties and shape memory behavior of 4D printed functionally graded cellular structures
The properties of functionally graded (FG) cellular structures vary spatially, and the varying properties can meet the requirements of different...
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Recent Progress in Synthesis Methods of Shape-Memory Polymer Nanocomposites
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) and their composites are a new class of smart polymer materials gaining wide attention due to their multifunctional...
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Development of Flame Retardant Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) Flax Fiber Composite by Using Organic Polydopamine (PDA) Coating and Nanoparticles
The use of natural fibres in the production of polymer composites has become widespread, but these materials are easily flammable. In this study, the...
