scholarly journals Facile Fabrication of Eucommia Rubber Composites with High Shape Memory Performance

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 3479
Author(s):  
Lin Xia ◽  
Jiafeng Meng ◽  
Yuan Ma ◽  
Ping Zhao

We processed a series of shape memory Eucommia rubber (ER) composites with both carbon–carbon and ionic cross-linking networks via a chemical cross-linking method. The influence of the carbon–carbon cross-linking and ion cross-linking degree of ER composites on curing, mechanical, thermal, and shape memory properties were studied by DSC, DMA, and other analytical techniques. Dicumyl peroxide (DCP) and zinc dimethacrylate (ZDMA) played a key role in preparing ER composites with a double cross-linking structure, where DCP initiated polymerization of ZDMA, and grafted ZDMA onto polymer molecular chains and cross-linked rubber molecular chains. Meanwhile, ZDMA combined with rubber macromolecules to build ionic cross-linking bonds in composites under the action of DCP and reinforced the ER composites. The result showed that the coexistence of these two cross-linking networks provide a sufficient restoring force for deformation of shape memory composites. The addition of ZDMA not only improved the mechanical properties of materials, but also significantly enhanced shape memory performance of composites. In particular, Eucommia rubber composites exhibited outstanding mechanical properties and shape memory performance when DCP content was 0.2 phr.

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Xia ◽  
Han Gao ◽  
Weina Bi ◽  
Wenxin Fu ◽  
Guixue Qiu ◽  
...  

Shape memory composites of trans-1,4-polyisoprene (TPI) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) with easily achievable transition temperatures were prepared by a simple physical blending method. Carbon black (CB) was introduced to improve the mechanical properties of the TPI/LDPE composites. The mechanical, cure, thermal and shape memory properties of the TPI/LDPE/CB composites were investigated in this study. In these composites, the crosslinked network generated in both the TPI and LDPE portions acted as a fixed domain, while the crystalline regions of the TPI and LDPE portions acted as a reversible domain in shape memory behavior. We found the mechanical properties of composites were promoted significantly with an increase of CB content, accompanied with the deterioration of shape memory properties of composites. When CB dosage was 5 parts per hundred of rubber composites (phr), best shape memory property of composites was obtained with a shape fixity ratio of 95.1% and a shape recovery ratio of 95.0%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 1668-1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongzhen Wang ◽  
Zhongjun Cheng ◽  
Zhenguo Liu ◽  
Hongjun Kang ◽  
Yuyan Liu

The PU/CNF nanocomposites display water-triggered fast shape memory ability, such as curling and unfolding, demonstrating tailored shape memory performance.


Polymer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 326-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuhai Xiong ◽  
Lu Zhou ◽  
Rong Ren ◽  
Xinghua Ma ◽  
Ping Chen

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Dunand ◽  
K.L. Fukami-Ushiro ◽  
D. Mari ◽  
J.A. Roberts ◽  
M.A. Bourke

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongjie Bi ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
Gaoyuan Ye ◽  
Rui Guo ◽  
Liping Cai ◽  
...  

In this study, a series of heat-induced shape memory composites was prepared by the hot-melt extrusion and three-dimensional (3D) printing of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) using wood flour (WF) with different contents of EPDM-g-MAH. The mechanical properties, microtopography, thermal property analysis, and heat-induced shape memory properties of the composites were examined. The results showed that, when the EPDM-g-MAH content was 4%, the tensile elongation and tensile strength of the composites reached the maximum value. The scanning electron microscopy and dynamic mechanical analysis results revealed a good interface bonding between TPU and WF when the EPDM-g-MAH content was 4%. The thermogravimetric analysis indicated that the thermal stability of TPU/WF composites was enhanced by the addition of 4% EPDM-g-MAH. Heat-induced shape memory test results showed that the shape memory performance of composites with 4% EPDM-g-MAH was better than that of unmodified-composites. The composites’ shape recovery performance at a temperature of 60 °C was higher than that of the composites at ambient temperature. It was also found that, when the filling angle of the specimen was 45°, the recovery angle of the composites was larger.


2017 ◽  
Vol 729 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Guang Yong Yang ◽  
Yang Zhong ◽  
Zhi Fei Qiu ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Wei Na Li ◽  
...  

NiTi shape memory alloy is an intelligent drive and awareness materials which develop very rapidly and is used in many fields in recent years, whose mechanical properties are not only related to chemical composition, but also closely related to the temperature. This article aims to study the NiTi shape memory alloy wire’s constitutive behavior coupled thermal and mechanical properties at different temperatures. By analyzing the results, the relationship of NiTi shape memory alloy between deformation and the restoring force at elevated temperature is obtained, thus providing a basis for the engineering design and simulation process of NiTi intelligent material.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2330
Author(s):  
Tao Xi Wang ◽  
Hong Mei Chen ◽  
Abhijit Vijay Salvekar ◽  
Junyi Lim ◽  
Yahui Chen ◽  
...  

The shape memory effect (SME) refers to the ability of a material to recover its original shape, but only in the presence of a right stimulus. Most polymers, either thermo-plastic or thermoset, can have the SME, although the actual shape memory performance varies according to the exact material and how the material is processed. Vitrimer, which is between thermoset and thermo-plastic, is featured by the reversible cross-linking. Vitrimer-like shape memory polymers (SMPs) combine the vitrimer-like behavior (associated with dissociative covalent adaptable networks) and SME, and can be utilized to achieve many novel functions that are difficult to be realized by conventional polymers. In the first part of this paper, a commercial polymer is used to demonstrate how to characterize the vitrimer-like behavior based on the heating-responsive SME. In the second part, a series of cases are presented to reveal the potential applications of vitrimer-like SMPs and their composites. It is concluded that the vitrimer-like feature not only enables many new ways in reshaping polymers, but also can bring forward new approaches in manufacturing, such as, rapid 3D printing in solid state on space/air/sea missions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 653-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Xia ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Na Lu ◽  
Zhenxiang Xin

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