Open AccessSynthesis and characterzation of graphite based shape memory polymers
Author(s) -
MK Ranganatha Swamy,
U.S. Mallik,
V. Udayakumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1091/1/012073
Subject(s) - polymer , graphite , materials science , composite material , shape memory polymer , ultimate tensile strength
Shape memory polymers are the class of materials which regains its shape up on external stimulus like heat, magnetic field, light etc. these polymers have got wide range of applications in biomedical and automobile industries. There are many researches going on about the shape memory polymers and it is better than other smart materials in some characteristics. This paper covers about the strength of the polymer after adding graphite to the polymer. The addition of graphite would gradually increase the characteristics of the polymer. These polymers are flexible and have less strength. The primary idea of improving the characteristics was to increase the strength of the polymer. We have added graphite to peg based polymer which has increased the hardness significantly. Many tests were conducted on the graphite-based shape memory polymer like tensile test, hardness test and dynamic mechanical analysis, it was observed that the characteristics were enhanced by adding graphite to the polymer.