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

• 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
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96353; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11540
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...