shape-memory polymer

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.ST07194
Polymer that, after heating and being subjected to a plastic deformation, resumes its original shape when heated above its glass-transition or @M03821@ temperature.
Note:
Crystalline @C01092@-polyisoprene is an example of a shape-memory polymer.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. (Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 903 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'shape-memory polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.ST07194 RIS BibTex EndNote
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