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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 14, Pages 1300-1318Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23982
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actuation modes; foams; glass transition; shape memory polymer foams; stimulus-responsive materials; stimuli-responsive polymers; tissue engineering
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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. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 1300-1318
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