Temperature-memory polymer actuators

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 12555-12559

  Behl, Marc ^a   Kratz, Karl ^a   Noechel, Ulrich ^a   Sauter, Tilman ^a   Lendlein, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active movement; Reversible shape memory polymer

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYMER; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATE-CO-CARBON MONOXIDE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICES; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEMORY POLYMER ACTUATOR; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SYNTHESIS;

HOT TEMPERATURE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 84881101023     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301895110     Document Type: Article

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