Open AccessCover Image, Volume 54, Issue 14
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part b: polymer physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1099-0488
pISSN - 0887-6266
DOI - 10.1002/polb.24094
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , prepolymer , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer , citation , melting temperature , glass transition , polymer science , computer science , materials science , art history , physics , nanotechnology , art , mechanical engineering , composite material , thermodynamics , world wide web , engineering , polyurethane
On page 1397 (DOI: 10.1002/polb.23990 ) Yuan Meng, Jisu Jiang and Mitchell Anthamatten present shape‐memory polymers that respond near body temperature. The melting transition temperature was tuned by incorporating non‐crystalline molecular linker groups and altering the network prepolymer molecular weight. Optimized networks exhibited melting temperatures between room temperature and the human body temperature. Upon triggering, the networks are capable of releasing large amounts of elastic energy. The photograph on the cover is credited to J. Adam Fenster of the University of Rochester.