Photo - catalytic effect on shape memory polymers : polyvinyl alcohol ( PVA / PVOH ) with Gold Nanoparticles ( AU )

• Main Author: Chan, Jeffrey Kok Fie
• Other Authors: Du Hejun
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64069
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the recent years, shape memory polymers have been widely used in a variety of applications especially in the medical field. Research has been done on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) cross-linked with glutaraldehyde (GA) and they are shown to exhibit shape memory effect. However, not much research has bee...