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Chemistry

How Polymers Achieve Shape Memory Properties

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Shape memory polymers can recover deformations of up to 400% strain, far more than shape memory alloys, making them ideal for expanding medical stents and self-deploying structures.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a plastic that can be bent, twisted, and then return to its original shape when heated—like a spoon that remembers its form after being straightened.