Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems-Recent Manufacturing Techniques and Applications

• Main Author: Kaynak, Akif (auth)
• Other Authors: Zolfagharian, Ali (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; 3D print; modeling; hindered phenol; permeability; experiments; interpenetrated polymers; acrylic rubber; soft robotic actuators; silk fibroin; shape-memory polymer; biomedical applications; 4D printing; stimuli-responsive materials; relative humidity; shape memory polymer; bioink; climatic chamber; diffraction gratings; soft actuator; FEM; hydrogen bonding; self-morphing; gelatin; stimuli-responsive polymer; soft robot; 3D printing; properties
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Stimuli-responsive polymer systems can be defined as functional materials that show physical or chemical property changes in response to external stimuli such as temperature, radiation, chemical agents, pH, mechanical stress, and electric and magnetic fields. Recent developments in manufacturing tec...