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SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/11/115010
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- A*STAR (SERC Grant), Singapore [092 137 0016]
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A thermo-responsive shape memory polymeric material is reported, which is not only rubber-like from above to below its shape recovery temperature, but also has a repeatable thermal-assisted healing function. The mechanisms behind both features are identified. It is found that while micron-sized inclusions play a part in the shape memory effect (SME), tangled polymer chains contribute to the rubber-like phenomenon and repeatable thermal-assisted healing function atop the SME. This tangling effect enables a perfect combination of high elasticity, SME and repeatable thermal-assisted healing to be simultaneously achieved.
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