期刊
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES
卷 27, 期 10, 页码 1388-1403出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X15591384
关键词
Shape memory polymers; two-way shape memory effect; semicrystalline networks; polycaprolactone; crosslink density
资金
- INSTM (Firenze, Italy)
- Regione Lombardia
The two-way shape memory behaviour of semicrystalline networks was investigated on systems based on poly(epsilon-caprolactone) featuring significantly different network architecture. Crosslinked poly(epsilon-caprolactone)s were prepared by thermal curing from methacrylic end-capped linear chains having various methacrylation degrees. By conveniently reducing the methacrylation degree, the crosslink density of cured materials was varied over a range of one order of magnitude, leading to comparable changes in the material compliance in the rubbery region, but only to moderate variations in melting and crystallization temperatures (T-m and T-c) and in the crystallinity content. When subjected to constant non-zero stress and to cooling-heating cycles from above T-m to below T-c, the materials undergo a reversible two-way elongation-contraction effect, whose extent depends on material structure and applied stress. The structural changes in the crystalline phase accompanying the cooling-induced elongation were studied through differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction analyses. The elongation process involves different contributions of entropy- and crystallization-driven processes, whose amounts were investigated as a function of the loading conditions and the molecular architecture. The role of the network density towards a controlled two-way response is evidenced, showing that a proper value of the crosslink density has to be identified to maximize the two-way elongation capabilities.
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