Making shape memory polymers reprocessable and reusable by a simple chemical method

Making shape memory polymers reprocessable and reusable by a simple chemical method

We have found that a group of shape memory polymers in the polyurethane family can be recycled for new use when their parent polymeric chains are fabricated with a small percentage of polyethylene glycol, and the products are subsequently reprocessed in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a very commonly u...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, M., Luo, J. K., King, P. J., Chalker, P. R., Mireftab, M., Geng, J., Purnawali, Hendra, Huang, Wei Min
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96353
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11540
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:We have found that a group of shape memory polymers in the polyurethane family can be recycled for new use when their parent polymeric chains are fabricated with a small percentage of polyethylene glycol, and the products are subsequently reprocessed in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a very commonly used organic solvent.

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