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Shape Memory Polymers for Active Cell Culture
Published on: July 4, 2011
Shaping tissue with shape memory materials
1School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore. mwmhuang@ntu.edu.sg
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
|June 26, 2012
Abstract:
After being severely and quasi-plastically deformed, shape memory materials are able to return to their original shape at the presence of the right stimulus. After a brief presentation about the fundamentals, including various shape memory effects, working mechanisms, and typical shape memory materials for biomedical applications, we summarize some major applications in shaping tissue with shape memory materials. The focus is on some most recent development. Outlook is also discussed at the end of this paper.
