Shape recovery and irrecoverable strain control in polyurethane shape-memory polymer
In shape-memory polymers, large strain can be fixed at a low temperature and thereafter recovered at a high temperature. If the shape-memory polymer is held at a high temperature for a long time, the irrecoverable strain can attain a new intermediate shape between the shape under the maximum stress...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2008-01-01
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Series: | Science and Technology of Advanced Materials |
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Online Access: | http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1468-6996/9/1/015009 |