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Stretchy transparent materials returning to original shape when heated
Background While crystalline solids are only able to display elasticity at a strain limit of one percent, polymers can often withstand strains of up to several hundred percent and restore themselves to their original shape as a result of entropic elasticity. Shape memory polymers, on the other hand, return to their permanent shape after being stimulated...
Published: 5/7/2024   |   Inventor(s): Mitchell Anthamatten, Jiahui Li, Christopher Lewis
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Category(s): Materials