New Shape Memory Polymer, Foam & Alloy

***    'Shape Memory Polymer' (SMP):

Bayer MaterialScience Develops Shape Memory Polymer
Azom.com


BMS JV develops shape memory polymer
European Plastics News

TPU with a memory opens up new application areas
Plastics Today


New shape memory polymer developed using thermoplastic polyurethane
plastemart.com

A plastic that remembers
evertiq.com

***    'Shape Memory Foam' (SMF):

Shape-Memory Properties of Polyetherurethane Foams Prepared by Thermally Induced Phase Separation

Wiley Online Library 

***    'Shape Memory Alloy' (SMA):

A bidirectional shape memory alloy folding actuator

Smart Materials and Stuctures

A bidirectional shape memory alloy folding actuator

Smart Materials and Stuctures

Transformation-Induced Creep and Creep Recovery of Shape Memory Alloy

Materials - Open Access Journals

Enhancing magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the Fe70Pd30magnetic shape memory alloy by adding Cu

magnetic shape memory thin film alloy

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