title: Shape-reprogrammable polymers: encoding, erasing, and re-encoding.
abstract: Shape-reprogramming in a polymer is demonstrated, where prescribed 3D geometric information can be encoded, decoded, erased, and re-encoded. In essence, the shape-reprogrammable polymer (SRP) acts as computer hardware that can be reformatted and reprogrammed repeatedly. Such SRPs have the potential to be repurposed directly without going through material disposal and recycling.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 20001, USA; Soft Materials Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 45433, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kohlmeyer
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Buskohl
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Deneault
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Durstock
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vaia
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D005465:Fluorocarbon Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005465:Fluorocarbon Polymers; D011108:Polymers; C040402:perfluorosulfonic acid; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide
keywords: Nafion; programmable shape; reprogrammable; shape encoding; shape-memory polymers