Fast Triggering of Shape Memory Polymers using an Embedded Carbon Nanotube Sponge Network

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhou, Guoxiang ^a,c   Zhang, Heng ^a,c   Xu, Shuping ^a   Gui, Xuchun ^b   Wei, Hongqiu ^c   Leng, Jinsong ^c   Koratkar, Nikhil ^d   Zhong, Jing ^c  

^a WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84963684574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24148     Document Type: Article

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