Fiber diameter as design parameter for tailoring the macroscopic shape-memory performance of electrospun meshes

Fibrous shape-memory polymer (SMP) scaffolds were investigated considering the fiber as basic microstructural feature. By reduction of the fiber diameter in randomly oriented electrospun polyetherurethane (PEU) meshes from the micro- to the nano-scale, we observed changes in the molecular orientatio...

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Main Authors: Tilman Sauter, Karl Kratz, Matthias Heuchel, Andreas Lendlein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026412752100099X