Amir H. Torbati and Patrick T. Mather present a new synthesis for orientationally ordered liquid crystalline hydrogels with shape memory characteristics.
Results for "memory"
Bidirectional shape-memory effect at human body temperature
Researchers from Teltow (Germany) managed to shift the switching temperature of the reversible bidirectional shape-memory effect to the physiological range.
Room temperature fabrication of high-temperature shape-memory thin films
High-temperature shape memory thin films have been prepared at room temperature by magnetron sputtering technique.
Smart material with embedded shape memory alloy wires
Brazilian researchers developed and characterized active nano-composites with embedded shape memory alloy wires.
Light-activated electroactive molecule-based memory microcells
Research team develop a novel all-solid AND logic gate which responds to non-chemical inputs irradiation (light) and applied electrical potential.
Nanostructuring quartz glass leads to 5D optical memory
Scientists have, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated the recording and retrieval processes of 5D digital data by femtosecond laser writing.
Silicon oxide memory overcomes crosstalk hurdle
Embedded diodes boost Rice University invention’s potential as robust, roomy memory.
The shape-memory effect in polymers
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics has published a new special issue on the shape-memory effect in polymers, guest-edited by Andreas Lendlein.
Nanodevices can be both battery and memory
Resistive memory cells open up new possibilities in nanoelectronics.
Recent Trends in the Chemistry of Shape-Memory Polymers
Andreas Lendlein and coworkers investigate current approaches to shape-memory polymers, e.g., tailoring segment chemistry to integrate additional functions.
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