Shape-memory polymer materials

【Supercategory：1. Fiber/polymer materials Category：1.1 Natural fiber/polymer materials Subcategory：1.1.2 Protein fiber/polymer materials】

We are developing a shape-memory polymer gel whose macroscopic shape changes in a reversible manner by means of secondary structural changes in polypeptides, and we are applying that gel to fibers.

References
K. Inomata, Y. Iguchi, K. Mizutani, H. Sugimoto, E. Nakanishi, “Anisotropic Swelling Behavior Induced by Helix-Coil Transition in Liquid Crystalline Polypeptide Gels”, ACS Macro Letters, 1 (7), 807-810 (2012).

Questionnaire 2014/Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Fii

Researcher	Katsuhiro Inomata
University or institution	Nagoya Institute of Technology

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