Shape-Memory Polymers and Multifunctional Composites

Offering a review of the systematic progress of this emerging class, Shape-Memory Polymers and Multifunctional Composites provides a broad overview of shape-memory polymers (SMP) and their composites. This text presents detailed information on the wide range of SMP applications, including aeronautics, astronautics, biomedicine, and the automobile industry. In each chapter, industry experts discuss an important aspect of these novel smart materials, from their properties and fabrication to the actuation approaches that can be used to trigger shape recovery. This comprehensive book also covers such topics as multifunctional SMPs and their composites as well as SMP based composite materials.