Shape-Memory Polymers and Multifunctional Composites / Edition 1

by Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du

Overview

Admired for their extraordinary stimuli-sensitive behavior and shape-changing capabilities, shape-memory polymers (SMPs) and multifunctional composites are among the most important smart materials. They continue to be widely applied in many diverse fields to create things such as self-deployable spacecraft structures, morphing structures, SMP foams, smart textiles, and intelligent medical devices.

Written by renowned authors, Shape-Memory Polymers and Multifunctional Composites is a broad overview of the systematic progress associated with this emerging class of materials. The book presents an overview of SMPs and a detailed discussion of their structural, thermo-mechanical, and electrical properties, and their applications in fields including aeronautics, astronautics, biomedicine, and the automotive industry. Covering topics ranging from synthesis procedures to ultimate applications, this is a sound instructional text that serves as a guide to smart materials and offers an in-depth exploration of multifunctional SMPs and SMP composites, outlining their important role in the materials field.

In each chapter, industry experts discuss different key aspects of novel smart materials, from their properties and fabrication to the actuation approaches used to trigger shape recovery. This comprehensive analysis explores the different functions of SMPs, the fundamentals behind them, and the ways in which polymers may reshape product design in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367383992
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/19/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	383
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jinsong Leng is a professor at the Centre for Composite Materials and Structures (CCMS) at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Editors vii

Contributors ix

1 Overview of Shape-Memory Polymers Marc Behl Andreas Lendlein 1

2 The Structural Variety of Shape-Memory Polymers Hong-Yan Jiang Annette M. Schmidt 21

3 Thermomechanical Behavior and Modeling Approaches Hang Jerry Qi Martin L. Dunn 65

4 Thermomechanical Characterizations of Shape-Memory Polymers (Dual/Triple-Shape) and Modeling Approaches Karl Kratz Wolfgang Wagermaier Matthias Heuchel Andreas Lendlein 91

5 Electrical, Thermomechanical, and Shape-Memory Properties of the PU Shape-Memory Polymer Filled with Carbon Black Wei Min Huang Bin Yang 109

6 Multifunctional Shape-Memory Polymers and Actuation Methods Jinsong Leng Haibao Lu Shanyi Du 133

7 Shape-Memory Polymer Composites Jinsong Leng Xin Lan Shanyi Du 203

8 Applications of Shape-Memory Polymers in Aerospace Yanju Liu Jinsong Leng 233

9 Shape-Memory Polymer Foam and Applications Witold M. Sokolowski 267

10 Shape-Memory Polymer Textile Jinlian Hu 293

11 Applications of Shape-Memory Polymers in Biomedicine Witold M. Sokolowski Jinsong Leng 315

12 Novel Applications and Future of Shape-Memory Polymers Wei Min Huang 333

Index 365