Cited by 36Advanced Materials and MechanicsPolymer composites and self-healingDielectric materials and actuators

New Scalable Approach toward Shape Memory Polymer Composites via “Spring-Buckle” Microstructure Design

Wu, Xiaodong, Han, Yangyang, Zhou, Zehang, Zhang, Xinxing, Lu, Canhui·2017·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted tremendous research interest since their discovery. However, most advances in research of SMPs are based on molecular designs, i.e., "bottom-up" strategies. Due to the viscoelasticity of polymers, slow and incomplete shape variations are inevitable for most existing SMPs. Here, we propose a simple and scalable approach to design and fabricate SMP composites (SMPCs) based on a "spring-buckle" microstructure design. Specifically, a highly elastic "spring" is employed as a basic skeleton for the SMPCs, onto which self-adhesive and stimuli-responsive "buckles" are installed as reversible switch units. The resultant SMPCs with such "spring-buckle" microstructure enable quick programming at ambient temperature and ultrafast (2-3 s) and nearly complete (∼100%) shape recovery triggered by organic solvents, benefiting from a unique capillary effect. This structural approach provides a novel design philosophy for shape memory materials and opens up new opportunities for their applications in sensor, actuator, aerospace, and other applications.

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Authors
Wu, X., Han, Y., Zhou, Z., Zhang, X., & Lu, C.
Affiliations
Sichuan University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Xinxing
  • Lu, Canhui
Venue
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Published
2017-04-06
Volume
9
Issue
15
Pages
13657-13665
ISSN
  • 1944-8244 (ISSN-L)
  • 1944-8252
OpenAlex
W2600061160
Cited by
36
References
50
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4
FWCI
3.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (51473100, 51673121)
  • Outstanding Young Scholars Fund, Sichuan University (2016SCU04A16)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Dielectric materials and actuators
Keywords
shape memory polymers, shape memory polymer composites, capillarity, viscoelasticity

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