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Altering the Trigger‐Behavior of Programmed Shape Memory Natural Rubber (SMNR) by Solvent Vapor
Author(s) -
Quitmann Dominik,
Dibolik Michael,
Katzenberg Frank,
Tiller Joerg C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.201400224
Subject(s) - solvent , materials science , natural rubber , chemical engineering , process (computing) , vapor pressure , composite material , organic chemistry , computer science , chemistry , operating system , engineering
Lightly cross‐linked natural rubber was found to have a tunable trigger‐temperature through programming procedure. Solvent vapor has a further impact on the trigger‐behavior of programmed SMNR. For exploring this we used the 1 st derivative of the temperature dependent thickness increase to get insights in the trigger‐behavior. Additionally subsequently applied solvent vapor treatment allows reversibly changing T Trig as well as the maximum trigger‐rate ν max and thus the whole trigger‐process. The variation of solvent vapors or subsequently applied solvent combinations results in a novel way to alter the trigger‐behavior after programming.
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