Shape memory polymers: Past, present and future developments

Hager, Martin D.; Bode, Stefan; Weber, Christine; Schubert, Ulrich S.

doi:10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.04.002

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Shape memory polymers: Past, present and future developments

Hager, Martin D., Bode, Stefan, Weber, Christine, Schubert, Ulrich S.·2015·Progress in Polymer Science

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SMPs are smart stimuli-responsive polymeric materials that can be programmed to a temporary shape and recover their permanent shape upon external stimuli such as temperature, light irradiation, solvents, electrical current, magnetic field, and electromagnetic field.
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Authors: Hager, M. D., Bode, S., Weber, C., & Schubert, U. S.
Affiliations: Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
Corresponding author: Schubert, Ulrich S.
ORCID: Hager, Martin D.
Weber, Christine
Schubert, Ulrich S.
Venue: Progress in Polymer Science
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-10
Volume: 49-50
Pages: 3-33
ISSN: 0079-6700 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.04.002
OpenAlex: W1975508278
Cited by: 950
References: 33
Citations by year: 2026: 42 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 79 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 133 · 2018: 86 · 2017: 80 · 2016: 71 · 2015: 13
FWCI: 81.86
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Progress in Polymer Science (publishedVersion)
Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP 1568)
Carl Zeiss Foundation
Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
Topics: Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Keywords: shape memory polymers, shape memory effect, future development, polymers

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