Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects
Shape memory polymers (SMP) are the smart materials that have received the most attention and are the most commonly employed. SMP can be 4D printed to create prefabricated components with transform shapes, properties, or functions under different external excitations. Although smart equipment assemb...
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| description | Shape memory polymers (SMP) are the smart materials that have received the most attention and are the most commonly employed. SMP can be 4D printed to create prefabricated components with transform shapes, properties, or functions under different external excitations. Although smart equipment assembled from these prefabricated components is extensively used in various fields, a systematic overview summary of their design ideas still needs to be provided. This paper briefly analyzes current trends in the design ideas and application of SMP-based prefabricated components. By summarizing two different design ideas: structural combination and material modification, it demonstrates the application of smart equipment assembled from SMP-based prefabricated components in medical, industrial, and aerospace fields. Furthermore, current challenges with both design ideas are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcc3e76da7b0462b920b0d163b1fdb452023-01-12T05:50:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Materials2296-80162023-01-011010.3389/fmats.2023.10953841095384Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospectsWencai Zhang0Duanling Li1Duanling Li2College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Automation, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, ChinaShape memory polymers (SMP) are the smart materials that have received the most attention and are the most commonly employed. SMP can be 4D printed to create prefabricated components with transform shapes, properties, or functions under different external excitations. Although smart equipment assembled from these prefabricated components is extensively used in various fields, a systematic overview summary of their design ideas still needs to be provided. This paper briefly analyzes current trends in the design ideas and application of SMP-based prefabricated components. By summarizing two different design ideas: structural combination and material modification, it demonstrates the application of smart equipment assembled from SMP-based prefabricated components in medical, industrial, and aerospace fields. Furthermore, current challenges with both design ideas are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2023.1095384/fullsmart materialsshape memory polymersprefabricated components4D printingdesign ideas |
| spellingShingle | Wencai Zhang Duanling Li Duanling Li Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects Frontiers in Materials smart materials shape memory polymers prefabricated components 4D printing design ideas |
| title | Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects |
| title_full | Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects |
| title_fullStr | Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects |
| title_short | Shape memory polymer-based prefabricated components: Design ideas and prospects |
| title_sort | shape memory polymer based prefabricated components design ideas and prospects |
| topic | smart materials shape memory polymers prefabricated components 4D printing design ideas |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2023.1095384/full |
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