When did shape memory materials first emerge? To trace the origins of shape memory polymers, one must look back to the dawn of biopolymers—billions of years ago.
A niche for shape memory materials and technology
Road map
Shape memory materials/technology
- Shape memory alloys
- Shape memory alloy actuators
- Grains and deformation
- SMA suppliers
- Shape memory polymers
- Thermo-responsive
- Heating-responsive
- Thermo-plastic elastic SMP
- Body/room temperature programmable
- Thermoset elastic SMP
- Body/room temperature programmable
- Tailoring Tg of polymers via alloying
- Vitrimer
- 3D printing filaments
- Show time
- Body-temperature programmable elastic shape memory materials: a brief history of our journey
- Thermo-plastic elastic SMP
- Cooling-responsive
- Cooling-responsive shape memory materials: a brief history of our journey
- Heating-responsive
- Chemo-responsive
- Electrospinning: fundamentals
- Natural biopolymers
- Water-responsive SME: a brief history of our journey, from phenomenon to applications
- Hydrogel
- Simulation of SMP
- Thermo-responsive
- Shape memory hybrids
- Electro-active shape memory hybrids
- Shape memory hybrids: tailorable properties
- Shape memory hybrids: a brief history of our journey
- Triple/multiple SME
- Reversible/shape change effect
- Programming conditions
- Temperature memory effect in DSC
- Buckling 失稳
- Constrained recovery in 2-way shape memory EVA
- Shape memory structures
- Shape memory composites
- Intro & Refs
- SME in commercial polymers
- SMM introduction videos
- PMMA (acrylic)
- Laser engraving and beyond
- DIY (step-by-step) to protect power charge cable (自制充电线接头保护层)
- DIY SMP screw 自制形状记忆螺丝
- DIY shape memory foam 自制形状记忆海绵
- DIY shape memory shoes 自制形状记忆鞋
- Modifying superelastic Nitinol 超弹镍钛记忆合金改性
- Goggles
- Temple tip retainers/眼镜防滑钩
- Nose pads
- 硅胶+TPU样品制作 搅拌 流程
- Unlock smart phones
- Biomedical applications 生物医疗应用
- Self-tightening band aid 自收缩创可贴
- Self-tightening staple 自收缩手术订
- Shape memory plug 形状记忆栓塞
- Artificial blood vessels
- Comfort fitting 舒适贴合
- Shape memory shoes 形状记忆鞋
- (Wrist) rings/watches
- Mask 口罩
- DIY 口罩扣松紧器
- Mask holder 口罩支架
- Improved fitting
- Comfort fitting "invisible" mask 舒适贴合“隐形”口罩
- Facial mask (面膜)
- Retractable 可收回
- Wrinkle removal 除皱
- SMA devices 形状记忆合金器件
- Buttons-on-demand 按需按钮
- Sunlight activated heat engine 阳光驱动的热机
- Adjustable high heel 可调高跟鞋
- SMA inchworm 形状记忆合金驱动的竹节虫
- Rolling car 滚动车
- SMA springs
- Grippers
- SMP applications
- 4D latte art 4D拉花
- Spinning 4D latte art
- Re-writable braille paper 可复写盲文纸
- Surface patterning
- 2D to 3D switching
- Ear impression/ear phone/hearing aid
- 4D latte art 4D拉花
- Metals/polymers
- Smart manufacturing
- Powerless cooling
- Self-healing
- Sensors 传感器
- Temperature sensors 温度标签
- Anti-counterfeit labels 防伪标签
- Vertical gardening 垂直绿化
- 盆景
- In Singapore
- Products 产品
- Event sponsorship
- Projects 项目
- A project in Guangzhou (2022)
- 2nd project in Guangzhou
- 3rd project in Singapore
- Water on-demand Irrigation system
- Vertical greening panel (2nd type)
- 2nd type of foam
- 盆景
- Wearable electronics 可穿戴电子设备
- Controlled folding/unfolding 可控展开/折叠
- Reshape & reprogram via SME
- Folding (multiple layered)
- Active disassembly 自拆卸
- Morphing wing 变翼
- Magnetic circuit design 磁路设计
- Solid state UV cross-linking
- Solid-state heating cross-linking
- Additive manufacturing 增材制造
- 3D/4D printing 打印
- Rapid 3D printing in solid state 快速固态3D打印
- Rapid volumetric additive manufacturing in solid-state: hydrogels
- UV cross-linkable vitrimer 2022
- UV cross-linking of solid material
- UV cross-linking machine
- Solid-state VAM (3D)
- SVAM: A brief history
- Review of solid state volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) by AI
- New ways of additive manufacturing (animation)
- UV-FDM printer
- Cooling-responsive shape memory hydrogel via FDM
- 3D fashion
- Formation of 3D structures
- Shape capture
- Surface capture
- Surface pattern for structural coloring
- References/tools
- 3D models
- More models
- 生肖
- 3D printing service
- Sample dimensions for tensile test
- Temperature calibration
- Toolbox 工具箱
- Toolbox II (工具箱 II)
- 3D models
- Jungle
- About polymers
- Thermally reversible solid-liquid transition in polymeric resin
- Cyclic loading
- Mullins effect
- Photoelasticity 光弹
- Shear-thickening 剪切增强
- 4 CNA
- Closed cell to open cell foams
- Laser induced graphene
- Electrospinning
- Nano imprinting
- Gel 凝胶
- Instability in wetting of hydrogel
- Electroactive gel 电活性凝胶
- Cellulose 纤维素
- Plastic bottle 塑料瓶
- Polymer recycling
- Rapid swelling 快速溶胀
- Rapid hardening in water
- Patterns
- Brittle-ductile transition
- Tan delta
- Re-programmable Tan delta in shape memory hybrids
- UV cross-linking
- Hardening speed
- Coloring 变色
- Structural coloring atop curved surfaces
- Thermochromic 热致变色
- Photochromic 光致变色
- Stress induced color change 力致变色
- Patterned coloring via stretching 拉出色彩
- Moire interference 摩尔干涉
- Lenticular lens
- Transformation front
- Contact angle vs surface pattern
- Laser: applications
- Insects 昆虫
- Structural engineer
- Static and dynamic balancing
- Introduction videos
- Bistable structures: a case study
- 3D printing of bistable structures
- Step-wise morphing: a systematic exploration
- Yield criterion
- Normalized yield surface via GPU
- Yield surfaces of SMAs and beyond
- Buckling of embedded threads
- Buckling of embedded strip
- Buckling of strip atop soft substrate
- Foam structures for packaging
- Interesting
- Exhibition
- Ideas
- Experimental
- ChatGPT 4 fun
- 智谱测试
- About polymers
- Shape memory materials and applications (short course)
- Representative publications
- Projects of undergraduate students
- List of videos
- Special issues|Conferences
- Companies
- References
