Researchers design shape-memory polymers for biomedical applications

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Inside a thermo-mechanical test frame a shape-memory polymer fractures as it stretches past its deformation limit. This testing allows the researchers to determine the maximum possible shape change from the permanent to temporary shape and vice versa ...
Inside a thermo-mechanical test frame, a shape-memory polymer fractures as it stretches past its deformation limit. This testing allows the researchers to determine the maximum possible shape change from the permanent to temporary shape and vice versa. Credit: Gary Meek

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing unique polymers, which change shape upon heating, to open blocked arteries, probe neurons in the brain and engineer a tougher spine.


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