Water-driven programmable polyurethane shape memory polymer: Demonstration and mechanism
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- 8 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 86 (11), 114105
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1880448
Abstract
We demonstrate the new features of a polyurethane shape memory polymer: water-driven actuation and recovery in sequence (i.e., programmable). Hydrogen bonding is identified as the reason behind these features. In addition, the absorbed water is quantitatively separated into two parts, namely, the free water and bound water. Their individual contribution on the glass transition temperature is identified.Keywords
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