Yu ZHENG, Ying LI, Jia-bin SHEN, Shao-yun GUO. Recent Progress in Studies of the Influence of Crystalline Behaviors on Shape Memory Properties of Amorphous/Crystalline Polymer Blends[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2015,28(2):10-17.
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted extensive attention because they have several advantages: light; low cost; highly recoverable deformation; high shape fixity ratio; designable structure and diverse stimulus ways
etc. Compared with other methods
polymer blending is believed to be more convenient for fabricating SMPs. For amorphous/crystalline polymer blends
the crystalline behavior is the key to the shape memory performances. Based on the current research status in this area
this paper presents a review of the influence of the crystallinity
crystal size and crystal orientation on shape memory properties of polymer blends.