Tunable triple‐shape memory composite fabricated by selective crosslinking of polycaprolactone/poly(butylene adipate‐ co ‐terephthalate)/bentonite

2019 ◽  
Vol 137 (16) ◽  
pp. 48577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianyou Wu ◽  
Chao fu ◽  
Zhongyang Tan ◽  
Yixing Gao ◽  
Antong Ma ◽  
...  
Soft Matter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (40) ◽  
pp. 8066-8074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Birjandi Nejad ◽  
Richard M. Baker ◽  
Patrick T. Mather

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1900
Author(s):  
Ramin Hosseinnezhad ◽  
Iurii Vozniak ◽  
Fahmi Zaïri

The paper discusses the possibility of using in situ generated hybrid polymer-polymer nanocomposites as polymeric materials with triple shape memory, which, unlike conventional polymer blends with triple shape memory, are characterized by fully separated phase transition temperatures and strongest bonding between the polymer blends phase interfaces which are critical to the shape fixing and recovery. This was demonstrated using the three-component system polylactide/polybutylene adipateterephthalate/cellulose nanofibers (PLA/PBAT/CNFs). The role of in situ generated PBAT nanofibers and CNFs in the formation of efficient physical crosslinks at PLA-PBAT, PLA-CNF and PBAT-CNF interfaces and the effect of CNFs on the PBAT fibrillation and crystallization processes were elucidated. The in situ generated composites showed drastically higher values of strain recovery ratios, strain fixity ratios, faster recovery rate and better mechanical properties compared to the blend.


Author(s):  
Loredana Santo ◽  
Denise Bellisario ◽  
Giovanni Matteo Tedde ◽  
Fabrizio Quadrini

Shape memory polymers (SMP) and composites (SMPC) may be used for many applications in Space, from self-deployable structures (such as solar sails, panels, shields, booms and antennas), to grabbing systems for Space debris removal, up to new-concept actuators for telescope mirror tuning. Experiments on the International Space Station are necessary for testing prototypes in relevant environment, above all for the absence of gravity which affects deployment of slender structures but also to evaluate the aging effects of the Space environment. In fact, several aging mechanisms are possible, from polymer cracking to cross-linking and erosion, and different behaviors are expected as well, from consolidating the temporary shape to composite degradation. Evaluating the possibility of shape recovery because of sun exposure is another interesting point. In this study, a possible experiment on the ISS is shown with the aim of evaluating the aging effect of Space on material performances. The sample structure is described as well as the testing strategy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1116-1126
Author(s):  
L. Dai ◽  
J. Song ◽  
S. Qu ◽  
R. Xiao

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xixi Li ◽  
Yaofeng Zhu ◽  
Yubing Dong ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
Qingqing Ni ◽  
...  

Triple-shape memory epoxy composites with bilayer structures of well-separated glass transition temperatures have been successfully prepared. The different glass transition temperatures of the epoxy composites were obtained by physically incorporating various amounts of nanosilica particles, which were introduced into the epoxy by utilizing polyethylene glycol. A scanning electron microscope and a transmission electron microscope were used to analyze the dispersibility of the nanosilica particles. The effects of nanosilica particles on the mechanical properties as well as on the dual-shape memory effects (DSME) and triple-shape memory effects (TSME) of the nanocomposites were studied. The nanosilica particles were homogenously dispersed in the matrix and well incorporated into the epoxy matrix. The resulting nanocomposites exhibited excellent TSME, and their shape fixity properties were significantly improved by nanosilica particles.


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