Non-woven fibrous mats based on semicrystalline networks were prepared starting from poly(ε-caprolactone) and by combining electrospinning process and sol-gel crosslinking reaction. The mats were subjected to proper thermo-mechanical cycles to investigate their two-way shape memory capabilities (i.e. the possibility to change between two distinguished shapes upon heating and cooling), and an improvement of the two-way behaviour was researched through the application of a training cycle. An ex-situ SEM analysis described the microstructural evolution accompanying the two-way shape memory cyclic response.
Pandini, S., Agnelli, S., Merlettini, A., Gualandi, C., Focarete, M.L., Paderni, K., et al. (2016). Two-Way Shape Memory Behavior of Electrospun Non-Woven Mats Prepared from Sol-Gel Crosslinked Poly(ε-Caprolactone). Stäfa : Trans Tech Publications Ltd [10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.97.100].
Two-Way Shape Memory Behavior of Electrospun Non-Woven Mats Prepared from Sol-Gel Crosslinked Poly(ε-Caprolactone)
MERLETTINI, ANDREA;GUALANDI, CHIARA;FOCARETE, MARIA LETIZIA;TOSELLI, MAURIZIO
2016
Abstract
Non-woven fibrous mats based on semicrystalline networks were prepared starting from poly(ε-caprolactone) and by combining electrospinning process and sol-gel crosslinking reaction. The mats were subjected to proper thermo-mechanical cycles to investigate their two-way shape memory capabilities (i.e. the possibility to change between two distinguished shapes upon heating and cooling), and an improvement of the two-way behaviour was researched through the application of a training cycle. An ex-situ SEM analysis described the microstructural evolution accompanying the two-way shape memory cyclic response.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
