Water-responsive supercontractile polymer films for biomedical applications

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Yi, Junqi
• مؤلفون آخرون: Chen Xiaodong
• التنسيق: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Materials::Organic/Polymer electronics; Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials; Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Polymers
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159553
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Stimulus-responsive contractile materials are significant both in nature and in our daily lives. Contraction of muscles is the basis of animal movement. Supercontraction of spider dragline silks is related to their superior mechanical properties. The synthetic heat shrink polymers are widely used in...