Electroactive Polymeric Shape Memory Composites for Aerospace Application

Singh, Manorama; Gulamabbas, Taha; Ahumuza, Benjamin; Singh, N.P.; Mishra, Vivek

doi:10.1002/9781119905264.ch8

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Section: Sustainable Morphing Matter (Smm)mentioning

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“…Over the past decades, the concept of morphing matter has fascinated scientists and engineers, leading to the development of a wide variety of smart materials in various fields, such as biomedical engineering, [1][2][3] robotics, [4][5][6][7][8] energy, [9][10][11] and aerospace. [12,13] Along with advancing the technical frontier and utilities of morphing matter, researchers have placed increasing attention on sustainable designs. Holistic design guidelines [14,15] are emerging to help the field in seeking a unified workflow for considering sustainable design practices.…”

Section: Sustainable Morphing Matter (Smm)mentioning

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Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices

Patel,

Zhong,

et al. 2023

Adv Materials Technologies

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Morphing matter that change shapes and properties in response to external stimuli have gained significant interests in material science, robotics, biomedical engineering, wearables, architecture, and design. Along with functional advances, there is growing pressure and interest in considering the environmental impact of morphing matter during its life cycle. The unique manufacturing and usage of morphing matter means that existing sustainable design frameworks and principles for general physical products may not apply directly. For example, manufacturing morphing matter often requires designing and predicting materials' behaviors over time, and using devices fabricated with morphing matter often involves harnessing renewable energy and self‐reconfiguration, which pose unique sustainability opportunities and challenges. This study reflects and summarizes the field's practice in sustainable manufacturing, transport, use, and end‐of‐life handling of morphing matter. The term “sustainable morphing matter” (SMM) is coined, suggesting that sustainability‐conscious factors can become an integral component of morphing matter. In addition, ways to apply sustainability‐conscious factors to augment the existing design pipeline of morphing matter are presented, and more quantitative and algorithmic‐level developments are needed to apply these factors rigorously to the design process.

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Section: Sustainable Morphing Matter (Smm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainable Morphing Matter (Smm)mentioning

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Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices

Patel,

Zhong,

et al. 2023

Adv Materials Technologies

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“…4,5 Researchers used different stimuli such as pH, 6,7 magnetic and electric fields, [8][9][10] light, 11,12 humidity, 13,14 and heat (directly or indirectly), to activate the functioning of these smart materials. Biomaterials, 15,16 wearable electronics and textiles, [17][18][19] automotive and aerospace, 20,21 sensors and actuators, 22,23 self-healing, 24,25 smart packaging, 26 and multifunctional applications 27,28 are some of the important SMMs application. Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are also used in many potential applications, including hydrogels, 29 aerogels, 44 and shape-memory surfaces.…”

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Recent trends in thermo‐responsive elastomeric shape memory polymer nanocomposites

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Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are polymeric smart materials, a class of stimuli‐responsive polymers that can return to their initial shape from a programmed temporary shape under the application of external stimuli, such as light, heat, magnetism, and electricity. Because of these unique features, SMPs can find applications in many fields, like aerospace, biomedical devices, flexible electronics, soft robotics, shape memory arrays, and 4D printing. The comparatively low density, low cost, easy biodegradability, and biocompatibility make SMPs a better candidate for shape memory applications. Among them, thermo‐responsive SMPs can revert to their permanent shape depending on a temperature greater than their polymer transition temperature. Thermo‐responsive SMPs combine semi‐crystalline or elastomeric polymers with improved mechanical and electrical properties. Integrating nanofillers into the polymer elastomer matrices can further enhance these properties, forming shape‐memory polymer nanocomposites (SMPNCs). This review focuses on the basics, design, and classifications of thermo‐responsive SMPs and the characteristics of elastomers and blends of polymers used. Incorporating various nanofillers to get SMPNCs to have improved properties over SMPs is also presented. The importance of Tg (glass transition temperature) and Tm (melting temperature) based SMPs and SMPNCs, various elastomers used, and the methods for preparation like solution casting, melt compounding, in situ polymerization, and their possible future applications are also discussed.

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A review on lightweight materials for defence applications: Present and future developments

Siengchin

2023

Defence Technology

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Electroactive Polymeric Shape Memory Composites for Aerospace Application

Cited by 4 publications

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Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices

Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices

Recent trends in thermo‐responsive elastomeric shape memory polymer nanocomposites

A review on lightweight materials for defence applications: Present and future developments

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