title: A general approach towards thermoplastic multishape-memory polymers via sequence structure design.
abstract: The chain sequence of a poly(styrene-co-methyl acrylate) copolymer is designed to form a V-shaped gradient sequence via controlled/living radical emulsion copolymerization. This specially designed chain sequence gives this common copolymer the capacity of multishape memory. The copolymer can sequentially recover to its permanent shape from three or more previously programmed temporary shapes with the stimulus of temperature.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yingwu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bo-Geng
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D008422:Materials Testing; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers