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Volume 3, Issue 4 (Suppl) Nano Res Appl
ISSN: 2471-9838
November 07-08, 2017 Singapore
International Meeting on
Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Nanomaterials Meetings 2017
November 07-08, 2017
Page 20
Rubber-like shape memory polymer programmable at body/room
temperature: Features and applications in comfort fitting
The shape memory effect
(SME) refers to an interesting
phenomenon that a piece of quasi-
plastically deformedmaterial is able
to recover the original permanent
shape, but only if the right stimulus
is applied. Such a phenomenon
has been found in a range of
materials, such as, metal/alloy, polymer and ceramic etc., which are technically called
shape memory material (SMM). Thus, those SMMs activated upon heating are termed
heating-responsive SMM. Although at high temperatures, most shape memory polymers
(SMPs) could be very soft and highly elastic, at low temperatures/room temperature,
they are normally much harder than ordinary rubber-band and some of them are indeed
very brittle. So far, limited rubber-like SMPs (at room temperature) have been reported
in the literature. In a hybrid made of silicone and melting glue is demonstrated to be
rubber-like at room temperature even after being programmed with significant quasi-
plastic deformation. However, it must be programmed at high temperatures, which is
well above our body temperature. Similarly, the elastic shape memory foam reported in
requires to be programmed at high temperatures as well. Comforting fitting is required
in many applications for the purpose of personalization. And in many occasions, it is
required to be contacted directly with part of the human body for perfect fitting. Hence,
programming of the SMP must be carried out at around body temperature and enough
time window for programming (e.g., 3-5 min) is also required. In this talk, we present our
most recent progress in this research field. In addition, potential applications for comfort
fitting are discussed and demonstrated by prototypes.
Recent Publications
1.Wang T, Huang W, Aw J, He L and Vettorello M (2017) Comfort Fitting Using Shape
Memory Polymeric Foam. Journal of Testing and Evaluation; 45: 1201-12.
2. Sun L, Huang W, Wang T, Chen H, Renata C, He L, et al. (2017) An overview of elastic
polymeric shape memory materials for comfort fitting. Mater Des.; 136: 238-48.
Biography
Wei Min Huang is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With over 20 years of experience on various shape memory
materials (alloy, polymer, composite and hybrid), he has published over 180 papers in journals, such as Accounts
of Chemical Research, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and Materials Today and has been invited to review
manuscripts from over 200 international journals (including Progress in Polymer Science, Nature Communications,
Advanced Materials and Advanced functional materials, etc.), project proposals from American Chemical Society,
Hong Kong Research Grants Council, etc. and book proposals from CRC and Elsevier. He has published two
books entitled “Thin Film Shape Memory Alloys: Fundamentals and Device Applications” and “Polyurethane Shape
Memory Polymers” and is currently on the Editorial Board for many journals.
Wei Min Huang
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Wei Min Huang, Nano Res Appl 2017, 3:4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-004
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