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Kyung Min Lee1, Timothy J Bunning, Timothy J White.
Abstract
Repeatedly forming temporary shapes can be a limitation to the employment of shape memory polymers. This work utilizes glassy, liquid crystal polymer networks to spontaneously form 3D shapes that are independent of a user. These shapes are autonomously fixed with rapid temperature cycling.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22535595 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200374
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849