Photo-Responsive Shape-Memory and Shape-Changing Liquid-Crystal Polymer Networks
| Autor: | Danish Iqbal, Muhammad Haris Samiullah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Materials science
Review Smart material lcsh:Technology Smart polymer shape-changing polymers Polymer chemistry General Materials Science lcsh:Microscopy skin and connective tissue diseases Softening lcsh:QC120-168.85 liquid-crystalline elastomers chemistry.chemical_classification lcsh:QH201-278.5 lcsh:T Light activated Shape-memory alloy Polymer Shape-memory polymer shape-memory polymers chemistry lcsh:TA1-2040 Chemical physics smart materials liquid-crystalline networks lcsh:Descriptive and experimental mechanics lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering sense organs lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) lcsh:TK1-9971 azobenzenes Photo responsive |
| Zdroj: | Materials Materials, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 116-142 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1996-1944 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ma6010116 |
| Popis: | “Surrounding matters” is a phrase that has become more significant in recent times when discussing polymeric materials. Although regular polymers do respond to external stimuli like softening of material at higher temperatures, that response is gradual and linear in nature. Smart polymers (SPs) or stimuli-responsive polymers (SRPs) behave differently to those external stimuli, as their behavior is more rapid and nonlinear in nature and even a small magnitude of external stimulus can cause noticeable changes in their shape, size, color or conductivity. Of these SRPs, two types of SPs with the ability to actively change can be differentiated: shape-memory polymers and shape-changing polymers. The uniqueness of these materials lies not only in the fast macroscopic changes occurring in their structure but also in that some of these shape changes are reversible. This paper presents a brief review of current progress in the area of light activated shape-memory polymers and shape-changing polymers and their possible field of applications. |
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