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A General Approach Towards Thermoplastic Multishape‐Memory Polymers via Sequence Structure Design
Author(s) -
Luo Yingwu,
Guo Yunlong,
Gao Xiang,
Li BoGeng,
Xie Tao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201202884
Subject(s) - materials science , sequence (biology) , thermoplastic , shape memory polymer , polymer , thermoplastic polymer , polymer science , nanotechnology , composite material , genetics , biology
The chain sequence of a poly(styrene‐ co ‐methyl acrylate) copolymer is designed to form a V‐shaped gradient sequence via controlled/living radical emulsion copolymerization. This specially designed chain sequence gives this common copolymer the capacity of multishape memory. The copolymer can sequentially recover to its permanent shape from three or more previously programmed temporary shapes with the stimulus of temperature.