Elastic Shape Memory Hybrids Programmable at Around Body-Temperature for Comfort Fitting

Tao Xi Wang; Chris Renata; Hong Mei Chen; Wei Min Huang

doi:10.3390/polym9120674

Elastic Shape Memory Hybrids Programmable at Around Body-Temperature for Comfort Fitting

Polymers (Basel). 2017 Dec 4;9(12):674. doi: 10.3390/polym9120674.

Authors

Tao Xi Wang¹, Chris Renata², Hong Mei Chen³, Wei Min Huang⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. WA0003XI@e.ntu.edu.sg.
² School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. rchristianto@ntu.edu.sg.
³ College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China. chenhongmei@sicnu.edu.cn.
⁴ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore. mwmhuang@ntu.edu.sg.

Abstract

A series of silicone based elastic shape memory hybrids are fabricated. Their shape memory performance, mechanical behaviors at room temperature with/without programming and during fitting at 37 °C are investigated. It is found that these materials have good shape memory effect and are always highly elastic. At 37 °C, there are 10 min or more for fitting. Thus, it is concluded that this type of material has great potential as an elastic shape memory material for comfort fitting.

Keywords: comfort fitting; elasticity; hardening time; shape memory effect; shape memory hybrid.

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