Abstract :
[en] Electroactive and magnetoactive shape memory polymer nanocomposites (SMCs) are multistimuli-responsive smart materials that are of great interest in many research and industrial fields. In addition to thermoresponsive shape memory polymers, SMCs include nanofillers with suitable electric and/or magnetic properties that allow for alternative and remote methods of shape memory activation. This review discusses the state of the art on these electro- and magnetoactive SMCs and summarizes recently published investigations, together with relevant applications in several fields. Special attention is paid to the shape memory characteristics (shape fixity and shape recovery or recovery force) of these materials, as well as to the magnitude of the electric and magnetic fields required to trigger the shape memory characteristics.
Name of the research project :
Synthesis, Characterization, and MultiScale Model of Smart composite Materials (S3CM3)
Funding text :
This research was founded through the “Actions de recherche concertées 2017 – Synthesis, Characterization, and Multiscale Model of Smart Composite Materials (S3CM3) 17/21-07”, financed by the “Direction Générale de l’Enseignement non obligatoire de la Recherche scientifique, Direction de la Recherche scientifique, Communauté française de Belgique et octroyées par l’Académie Universitaire Wallonie-Europe”.
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