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SUBMITTER: Kong D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027533 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20160919
High cycle-life is important for shape memory materials exposed to numerous cycles, and here we report shape memory polyimide that maintained both high shape fixity (Rf) and shape recovery (Rr) during the more than 1000 bending cycles tested. Its critical stress is 2.78 MPa at 250 °C, and the shape recovery process can produce stored energy of 0.218 J g(-1) at the efficiency of 31.3%. Its high Rf is determined by the large difference in storage modulus at rubbery and glassy states, while the hig ...[more]