Shape memory behaviour of radiation-crosslinked PCL/PMVS blends

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-448

  Zhu, Guangming ^a   Xu, Shuogui ^b   Wang, Jinhua ^a   Zhang, Longbin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Polycaprolactone; Polymethylvinylsiloxane; Radiation crosslinking; Shape memory effects

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DEFORMATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GELATION; MELTING; POLYMERS; RADIATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

BLENDS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMETHYLVINYLSILOXANE; RADIATION CROSSLINKING;

BLENDING;

POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMETHYLVINYLSILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GELATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; MISCIBILITY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 31344479619     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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