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Preparation of Monodomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites

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Recent Developments in Shape Memory Elastomers for Biotechnology Applications.

Supitta Suethao¹, Thridsawan Prasopdee², Kwanchai Buaksuntear¹

¹Specialized Center of Rubber and Polymer Materials in Agriculture and Industry (RPM), Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

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Shape memory elastomers (SMEs) offer innovative solutions for material sustainability. These smart materials exhibit reversible shape changes in response to stimuli, presenting significant potential in biotechnology and advanced applications.

Keywords:

biotechnology elastomers self-healing shape memory smart polymers

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Area of Science:

Polymer Science
Materials Science
Biotechnology

Background:

Shape memory elastomers (SMEs) are advanced polymeric materials with a history of revolutionizing various industries.
The increasing need for sustainable materials necessitates exploring innovations like SMEs for efficient end-of-life management.
Smart elastomers, capable of responding to stimuli with reversible shape changes, represent a key innovation in material science.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an overview of shape memory elastomers (SMEs).
To review recent advancements in the development and application of SMEs.
To explore the structure-property relationships in various types of SMEs.

Main Methods:

Review of recent scientific literature on shape memory elastomers.
Analysis of structure-property relationships for different SME categories.
Discussion of emerging trends and future potential of SMEs.

Main Results:

SMEs demonstrate versatility through tailored chemical structures and wide-ranging properties.
Recent advances include stimuli-responsive, self-healing, thermoplastic, and antibacterial SMEs.
Complex processing and structure-property correlations are critical for SME performance.

Conclusions:

Shape memory elastomers offer significant potential for sustainable material solutions.
Innovations in SMEs, particularly their stimuli-responsive nature, address end-of-life challenges for polymers.
The tailorable physical properties of SMEs position them for substantial impact in biotechnology and other fields.