“In certain embodiments, for each thermally responsive shape memory actuator of the plurality of thermally responsive shape memory actuators, the body comprises a first substantially straight segment ...

An electroactive polymers that remembers its shape has potential applications in cell biology and organic solar cells. Molecular switches transform between one shape and another in response to a ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are ...

Scientists have succeeded in applying the concept of functionally graded materials to shape memory polymers. A team led by Patrick T. Mather, director of Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI) and ...

In a recent review published in Micromachines, researchers from Spain and Portugal highlighted the synergistic combination of shape-memory polymers (SMP) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) to enhance ...