TY - BOOK ID - 8502851 TI - Advances in shape memory polymers PY - 2013 SN - 0857098543 0857098527 9780857098542 9780857098528 PB - Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Composite materials -- Testing. KW - Polymeric composites. KW - Polymers. KW - Shape memory effect. KW - Smart materials. KW - Polymeric composites KW - Polymers KW - Smart materials KW - Shape memory effect KW - Chemical & Materials Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Materials Science KW - Reversible shape memory effect KW - Martensitic transformations KW - Adaptive materials KW - Intelligent materials KW - Sense-able materials KW - Materials KW - Polymere KW - Polymeride KW - Polymers and polymerization KW - Macromolecules KW - Composite polymeric materials KW - Polymer-matrix composites KW - Reinforced plastics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8502851 AB - Shape memory materials are immensely useful because of their capability to recover their original shapes upon exposure to an external stimulus such as heat, moisture, light or a magnetic field. This book reviews key recent research in shape memory polymers, their properties and applications. Topics include the relationship between morphological structures and shape memory properties; high performance Tg and Tm type shape memory polymers; structures of shape memory polymers with supramolecular switches; and the thermally-active and moisture-active shape memory effect of supermolecular shape mem ER -