Advances in Shape-Memory Polymer Composites
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 3383
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart materials and structures; 4D printing; mechanical metamaterials; continuous carbon fiber 3D printing/4D printing deformable structure; flexible electronics; friction nanogenerator; implantable biomedical devices (bone tissue scaffold, tracheal stent, etc.)
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Dear Colleagues,
It is a very common phenomenon in Nature that organisms respond to changes in the environment. For example, Mimosa leaves close immediately when they are touched by external forces, chameleons change their colors according to the external environment, and cuttlefish escape by “inkjet” when they encounter strong enemies.
Shape-memory polymers and their composites are a kind of intelligent material that can switch between a temporary shape and the initial shape under corresponding external stimuli. Due to their light weight, large deformation, controllable performance and other advantages, the related basic frontier research and potential application developments have always been the focus of researchers.
In recent decades, shape-memory polymers have stimulated extensive and in-depth research and show great application prospects in the fields of medical devices, aerospace, transportation, intelligent devices, etc.
This Special Issue will publish high-quality original research papers in the overlapping fields of:
- Synthesizing and curing kinetics of SMPs and SMPCs;
- Multifunctional SMPs and nanocomposites;
- Multi-stimuli-triggered SMPs and SMPCs;
- Remotely and sequentially controlled SMPs and SMPCs;
- Self-healing SMPs and SMPCs;
- Four-dimensional printing of SMPs and SMPCs;
- Biomedical applications;
- Aerospace and space applications;
- Civil infrastructure applications;
- Textile applications.
Dr. Wei Zhao
Dr. Xin Lan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- compact hybrid actuation
- energy harvesting
- flexible electronics
- morphing structures
- mechatronics
- measurements and manufacturing systems
- medicine and bioengineering
- structural health monitoring
- soft robotics
- adaptive/smart structural systems
- active vibration control
- active/semi active/hybrid damping
- bioinspiration and biomimetics
- coupled-field mechanics
- integration of sensors and actuators
- integrated system design
- numerical methods
- four-dimensional printing
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