Water-triggered shape memory of multiblock thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs)

Engineering & Materials Science

• Shape memory effect 100%
• Polyurethanes 99%
• Thermoplastics 92%
• Recovery 62%
• Polyethylene glycols 59%
• Water 50%
• Hydrogels 29%
• Microfibers 16%
• Shape-memory polymer 16%
• X ray diffraction analysis 14%
• Biomedical equipment 12%
• Molecules 11%
• Drying 11%
• Actuators 8%
• Liquids 7%
• Sensors 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Shape 60%
• Hydrogel 18%
• Microfiber 14%
• Strain 8%
• Ambient Reaction Temperature 6%
• X-Ray Diffraction 5%
• Liquid Film 5%