1/7/2011
Poly(ε-caprolactone)-based shape memory polymers with variable polydimethylsiloxane soft segment lengths
(754–761)Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer  Chemistry 49 #3 (2011)
Zhang et al of Texas A&M University, Texas prepared inorganic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) segments of varying lengths and organic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) segments. The SMPs were prepared via the rapid photocure of solutions of diacrylated PCL40-block-PDMSm-block-PCL40 macromers (m = 20, 37, 66, and 130). The resulting inorganic-organic SMP networks exhibited excellent shape fixity and recovery. By changing the PDMS segment length, the thermal, mechanical, and surface properties were systematically altered.  (RDC 1/12/2011)

10/22/2010
SHAPE MEMORY COMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON POLYSILOXANE AND ULTRAHIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE
(T/21-T/23) International Polymer Science and Technology 37, #6 (2010)
Strigin et al used both experimental and theoretical studies to determine the optimum composition for these shape memory materials.  (RDC 11/11/2010)