Recent trends in the chemistry of shape-memory polymers
- Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are stimuli-sensitive materials capable of performing complex movements on demand, which makes them interesting candidates for various applications, for example, in biomedicine or aerospace. This trend article highlights current approaches in the chemistry of SMPs, such as tailored segment chemistry to integrate additional functions and novel synthetic routes toward permanent and temporary netpoints. Multiphase polymer networks and multimaterial systems illustrate that SMPs can be constructed as a modular system of different building blocks and netpoints. Future developments are aiming at multifunctional and multistimuli-sensitive SMPs.
| Author details: | Konstanze K. Julich-GrunerGND, Candy LöwenbergGND, Axel T. NeffeORCiDGND, Marc BehlORCiDGND, Andreas LendleinORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201200607 |
| ISSN: | 1022-1352 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Macromolecular chemistry and physics |
| Publisher: | Wiley-VCH |
| Place of publishing: | Weinheim |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2013 |
| Publication year: | 2013 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
| Tag: | multifunctional polymers; networks; shape-memory polymers; stimuli-sensitive polymers; triple-shape effect |
| Volume: | 214 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Number of pages: | 10 |
| First page: | 527 |
| Last Page: | 536 |
| Funding institution: | Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through project Poly4Bio BB [0315696A] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
