Application of Shape Memory Polymers and Their Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 187
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Interests: functional polymer materials; smart polymer materials; composite materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have broad potential applications in fields such as aerospace, medicine and health, industrial control, surface engineering, self-healing, 3D printing, etc., as they can maintain temporary shapes at room temperature and restore their original state when exposed to external stimuli. SMPs are expected to replace traditional shape memory alloys and ceramics (SMAs and SMCs, respectively) in certain fields and have become the most extensively studied shape memory materials. Unfortunately, despite the extensive literature on SMPs, their application in the real world, especially at the industrial scale, is still limited. In fact, large-scale applications have become one of the most serious weaknesses and a major challenge for their further development. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we would like to focus on applications of SMPS and their composite materials. Such a topic is valuable and interesting, and your enthusiastic participation is essential and warmly welcomed.
Dr. Jun Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- shape memory polymers
- smart polymers
- intelligent polymers
- polymer composites
- application
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