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SOFT MATTER
Volume 7, Issue 8, Pages 3801-3807Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0sm01101k
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- National Science Council of Taiwan [NSC 97-2221-E-150-009, NSC 98-2622-E -150-008-CC3]
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A low temperature electroactive shape-memory material, PU-SWCNT hybrid, was prepared by blending the low molecular weight soft segment polyurethane (PU) with the high conductivity single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The melting points of PU-SWCNT hybrids were changed clearly with the amount of SWCNTs, which were evidently observed by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The influence of the SWCNT contents on the crystal structure of the PU-SWCNTs was detected by X-ray diffraction spectrometer and a hydrogen-bond reconstructed model was proposed in this study. The properties of the PU-SWCNT hybrids are characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), four-point probe and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The extent of electroactive shape memory effect for the PU-SWCNT hybrids is strongly affected by the added content of SWCNTs. A good shape recovery of 88% could be obtained using PU-SWCNT hybrids containing 4% SWCNTs. That is, when 30 V was applied to the sample at 5 degrees C, the shape recovery time would only be 90 seconds.
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