Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 6426-6435Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19448
Keywords
multidirectional triple-shape-memory; trans-polyisoprene (TPI); paraffin; crystallization; medical fixing
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2015CB654700, 2015CB654704]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51525301, 51373012]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JD1908, buctrc201923]
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Medical fixing is one of the very important applications of the shape-memory polymer material, and the two important properties of the medical fixing material are that it perfectly fits the body during the fixing and easily detaches after being used. As the fixing and detachment are triggered by two independent stimuli in two opposite directions, it is necessary to develop multidirectional triple-shape-memory polymers. In this research, a series of polymer materials composed of transpolyisoprene (TPI) and paraffin were prepared by melt blending and compression molding, and then the TPI was cross-linked by vulcanization. As a result of the large difference in the melting temperature and crystallization temperature between TPI and paraffin, the obtained polymer materials exhibit a triple-shape-memory behavior. According to the analysis of crystal behavior, microscopic morphology, and mechanical properties of the materials with different paraffin contents and TPI cross-linking density by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, the shape-memory behavior of the obtained materials was tunable by the cross-linking density of TPI and the crystallization degree of TPI or paraffin. Compared with the traditional triple-shape-memory material, our samples are prepared in a more facile way and can recover at human body temperature (37 degrees C). Moreover, our TPI/paraffin material can realize more flexible multidirectional recovery, as well as can be reprogramed and used multiple times. To the best of our knowledge, there are few polymer materials reported, which can realize multidirectional recovery. These unique multidirectional and reprogramable properties will enable the application of this polymer material, especially in the medical fixing materials.
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