A preliminary study on shape recovery speed of a styrene-based shape memory polymer composite actuated by different heating methods

Xuelian Wu; Wuyi Zhang; Yanju Liu; Jinsong Leng

doi:10.1117/12.779664

1 November 2007 A preliminary study on shape recovery speed of a styrene-based shape memory polymer composite actuated by different heating methods

Xuelian Wu, Wuyi Zhang, Yanju Liu, Jinsong Leng

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Proceedings Volume 6423, International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 64231T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779664
Event: International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2007, Harbin, China

Abstract

Thermally activated shape memory polymers (SMPs) receive increasing attention in recent years. Different from those reported in the literature, in this paper we propose a new approach, i.e., using infrared light, for heating SMPs for shape recovery. We compare this approach with the traditional water bath method in terms of shape recovery speed in bending at both vacuum and no vacuum conditions. The results reveal that the shape recovery speed in infrared heating at vacuum condition is about eight times slower than that by hot water. However, the recovery time is more than doubled if without vacuum.

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Xuelian Wu, Wuyi Zhang, Yanju Liu, and Jinsong Leng "A preliminary study on shape recovery speed of a styrene-based shape memory polymer composite actuated by different heating methods", Proc. SPIE 6423, International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 64231T (1 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779664

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