Authors

H. B. Lu; W. M. Huang; F. Liang;K. Yu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Materials

Keywords

smart materials; nanoscale design; nanocomposites; shape-memory polymers; CARBON NANOTUBES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; COMPOSITES; PERFORMANCE; ACTUATION; NANOPAPER; TRANSITIONS; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

In the last few years, we have witnessed significant progress in developing high performance shape memory polymer (SMP) nanocomposites, in particular, for shape recovery activated by indirect heating in the presence of electricity, magnetism, light, radio frequency, microwave and radiation, etc. In this paper, we critically review recent findings in Joule heating of SMP nanocomposites incorporated with nanosized conductive electromagnetic particles by means of nanoscale control via applying an electro-and/or magnetic field. A few different nanoscale design principles to form one-/two-/three-dimensional conductive networks are discussed.

Journal Title

Materials

Volume

6

Issue/Number

9

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Review

Language

English

First Page

3742

Last Page

3754

WOS Identifier

WOS:000330294700005

ISSN

1996-1944

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