Issue 17, 2012

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

Abstract

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.

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

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jan 2012
Accepted
08 Mar 2012
First published
08 Mar 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 8192-8194

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

M. Ahmad, J. K. Luo, H. Purnawali, W. M. Huang, P. J. King, P. R. Chalker, M. Mireftab and J. Geng, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 8192 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30489A

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