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Making shape memory polymers reprocessable and reusable by a simple chemical method

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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 17, Pages 8192-8194

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm30489a

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  1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F06294]
  2. Leverhulme Trust [F/01431]
  3. EPSRC [EP/F06294X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  4. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F06294X/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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We have found that a group of shape memory polymers in the polyurethane family can be recycled for new use when their parent polymeric chains are fabricated with a small percentage of polyethylene glycol, and the products are subsequently reprocessed in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a very commonly used organic solvent.

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