Volume 134, Issue 22
Article

Facile control of high temperature shape memory polymers

Xueying Qiu

Xueying Qiu

MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin, 150001 People's Republic of China

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Xinli Xiao

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Xinli Xiao

MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin, 150001 People's Republic of China

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Deyan Kong

Deyan Kong

MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin, 150001 People's Republic of China

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Wenbo Zhang

Wenbo Zhang

MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin, 150001 People's Republic of China

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Zhuo Ma

Zhuo Ma

School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin, 150001 People's Republic of China

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First published: 07 February 2017
Citations: 10

ABSTRACT

Glass transition temperature (Tg) is crucial in determining application areas of high temperature shape memory polymers (SMPs), but some Tgs are difficult or uneconomic to be obtained. Here we introduce a facile way to prepare high temperature SMPs with controllable Tgs from 183 to 230 °C by copolymerization of polyimides, and relationships between Tgs and diamine components of the shape memory copolyimides agree with Fox Equation. These copolyimides can fix temporary shape and return to original shape nicely, and the possible mechanisms of their high shape fixity and shape recovery are analyzed on the basis of thermomechanical properties and molecular structures. The copolymerization of shape memory polyimides has offered an effective way to obtain high temperature SMPs with desired properties. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 44902.

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