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Nanoparticle Netpoints for Shape‐Memory Polymers
Author(s) -
Agarwal Praveen,
Chopra Madhur,
Archer Lynden A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201103908
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , polymer , ethylene glycol , materials science , shape memory polymer , nanotechnology , composite material , chemical engineering , engineering
Forget‐me‐not : Nanoparticle fillers in shape‐memory polymers usually improve mechanical properties at the expense of shape‐memory performance. A new approach overcomes these drawbacks by cross‐linking the functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) tethers on silica nanoparticles (see picture).