Fabrication and characterization of shape memory polymer composites

• Main Author: Fu, Wei Ming.
• Other Authors: Huang Weimin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39808
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents a systematic study on the effects of the addition of carbon nanotubes to a shape memory polymer, polyurethane. It was found that the addition of nano-sized particles like carbon nanotubes can affect the physical characteristics of a polymer. Through the alignment of carbon n...