Self‐Healing Shape Memory PUPCL Copolymer with High Cycle Life
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201704109
Abstract: New polyurethane-based polycaprolactone copolymer networks, with shape recovery properties, are presented here. Once deformed at ambient temperature, they show 100% shape fixation until heated abov ... read more here.
Keywords: shape; shape memory; healing shape; self healing ... See more keywords
3D Porous Superhydrophobic CNT/EVA Composites for Recoverable Shape Reconfiguration and Underwater Vibration Detection
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201900554
Abstract: Functional superhydrophobic materials with shape memory and electrical conductivity play important roles in a wide variety of growing fields. Herein, a robust 3D porous superhydrophobic composite (PSC) with multiwalled carbon nanotube/poly(ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate) (CNT/EVA) as its… read more here.
Keywords: shape reconfiguration; porous superhydrophobic; shape; cnt eva ... See more keywords
Latticework Nanostructure by Chemical Function Transfer and Molecular Shape Amplification of Programmed Reactive Mesogens
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201905214
Abstract: By controlling the hierarchical superstructures by chemical function transfer and shape amplification of molecular building blocks, advanced materials with the desired properties can be developed. To realize this concept, a latticework nanostructure is constructed for… read more here.
Keywords: shape; function transfer; shape amplification; chemical function ... See more keywords
Microfabrication Using Shape‐Transforming Soft Materials
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201908028
Abstract: The fabrication of hollow and multicomponent micro‐objects with complex inner structures using state‐of‐the‐art subtractive, formative, and additive manufacturing technologies is challenging. Controlled shape transformation offers a very elegant solution to this challenge. While shape transformations… read more here.
Keywords: shape; shape changing; materials microfabrication; using shape ... See more keywords
Can the Shape of Nanoparticles Enable the Targeting to Cancer Cells over Healthy Cells?
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202007880
Abstract: Macropinocytosis is a consequence of oncogenic alterations of cancer cells while most healthy cells are non‐macropinocytic. It is currently unclear whether macropinocytic cancer cells can be targeted rather than healthy cells, by adjusting the shape… read more here.
Keywords: cancer; shape; cancer cells; endocytosis ... See more keywords
Stimuli Responsive Shape Memory Microarchitectures
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202008380
Abstract: Shape memory polymers (SMPs) respond to heat by generating programmable movement in devices that require substantial deformation and operate at transient temperatures, including stents and embolization coils. To enable their use in small‐scale applications like… read more here.
Keywords: shape; responsive shape; stimuli responsive; shape memory ... See more keywords
Self‐Delivered Supramolecular Nanomedicine with Transformable Shape for Ferrocene‐Amplified Photodynamic Therapy of Breast Cancer and Bone Metastases
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202104645
Abstract: Although nanomedicines can passively target tumor through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, their distribution and retention are limited by complex tumor microenvironment. Herein, a self‐delivery supramolecular nanoplatform with shape‐transforming capacity (Ce6‐CD/Fc‐pep‐PEG) is constructed… read more here.
Keywords: tumor; shape; ferrocene; pep peg ... See more keywords
Smart Shape‐Memory Polymeric String for the Contraction of Blood Vessels in Fetal Surgery of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
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DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202200050
Abstract: Shape‐memory polymers (SMPs) are promising materials in numerous emerging biomedical applications owing to their unique shape‐memory characteristics. However, simultaneous realization of high strength, toughness, stretchability while maintaining high shape fixity (Rf) and shape recovery ratio… read more here.
Keywords: contraction; shape memory; blood; memory polymeric ... See more keywords
4D Printed Programmable Shape-morphing Hydrogels as Intraoperative Self-folding Nerve Conduits for Sutureless Neurorrhaphy.
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DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202300701
Abstract: There only a few reports of implantable 4D printed biomaterials, most of which exhibit slow deformations rendering them unsuitable for in situ surgical deployment. In this study, a hydrogel system was engineered with defined swelling… read more here.
Keywords: printed programmable; nerve; programmable shape; morphing hydrogels ... See more keywords
Stimuli-Responsive, Shape-Transforming Nanostructured Particles.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700608
Abstract: Development of particles that change shape in response to external stimuli has been a long-thought goal for producing bioinspired, smart materials. Herein, the temperature-driven transformation of the shape and morphology of polymer particles composed of… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; shape; transforming nanostructured; shape transforming ... See more keywords
Harnessing Photochemical Shrinkage in Direct Laser Writing for Shape Morphing of Polymer Sheets.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703024
Abstract: Structures that change their shape in response to external stimuli unfold possibilities for more efficient and versatile production of 3D objects. Direct laser writing (DLW) is a technique based on two-photon polymerization that allows the… read more here.
Keywords: shape; shape morphing; laser writing; direct laser ... See more keywords