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Microwave synthesis and actuation of shape memory polycaprolactone foams with high speed

Microwave technology is a highly effective approach to fast and uniform heating. This article investigates that the microwave heating as a novel method is used to rapidly foam and actuate biocompatible and biodegradable shape memory crosslinked-polycaprolactone (c-PCL) foams. The optical microscope...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Fenghua, Zhou, Tianyang, Liu, Yanju, Leng, Jinsong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11152
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description Microwave technology is a highly effective approach to fast and uniform heating. This article investigates that the microwave heating as a novel method is used to rapidly foam and actuate biocompatible and biodegradable shape memory crosslinked-polycaprolactone (c-PCL) foams. The optical microscope proves that the resulting c-PCL foams have homogenous pore structure. Mechanical behavior and shape memory performance of c-PCL foams are investigated by static materials testing. Shape recovery ratio is approximately 100% and the whole recovery process takes only 98 s when trigged by microwave. Due to the unique principle of microwave heating, the recovery speed of c-PCL foams in microwave oven is several times faster than that in hot water and electric oven. Hence compared to the traditional heating methods, microwave is expected to bring more advantages to modern industry and scientific research in the field of smart materials and structures.
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spelling pubmed-44592032015-06-17 Microwave synthesis and actuation of shape memory polycaprolactone foams with high speed Zhang, Fenghua Zhou, Tianyang Liu, Yanju Leng, Jinsong Sci Rep Article Microwave technology is a highly effective approach to fast and uniform heating. This article investigates that the microwave heating as a novel method is used to rapidly foam and actuate biocompatible and biodegradable shape memory crosslinked-polycaprolactone (c-PCL) foams. The optical microscope proves that the resulting c-PCL foams have homogenous pore structure. Mechanical behavior and shape memory performance of c-PCL foams are investigated by static materials testing. Shape recovery ratio is approximately 100% and the whole recovery process takes only 98 s when trigged by microwave. Due to the unique principle of microwave heating, the recovery speed of c-PCL foams in microwave oven is several times faster than that in hot water and electric oven. Hence compared to the traditional heating methods, microwave is expected to bring more advantages to modern industry and scientific research in the field of smart materials and structures. Nature Publishing Group 2015-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4459203/ /pubmed/26053586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11152 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_fullStr Microwave synthesis and actuation of shape memory polycaprolactone foams with high speed
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11152
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