Porous shape memory polymers: Design and applications Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Porous shape memory polymers (SMPs) exhibit geometric and volumetric shape change when actuated by an external stimulus and can be fabricated as foams, scaffolds, meshes, and other polymeric substrates that possess porous three-dimensional macrostructures. These materials have applications in multiple industries such as textiles, biomedical devices, tissue engineering, and aerospace. This review article examines recent developments in porous SMPs, with a focus on fabrication methods, methods of characterization, modes of actuation, and applications.

authors

• Maitland, Duncan

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Hasan, S. M., Nash, L. D., & Maitland, D. J.

citation count

• 56

publication date

• July 2016

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• Actuation Modes
• Foams
• Glass Transition
• Shape Memory Polymer Foams
• Stimuli-responsive Polymers
• Stimulus-responsive Materials
• Tissue Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/polb.23982

start page

• 1300

end page

• 1318

volume

• 54

issue

• 14

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1002%2Fpolb.23982