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Shape-Memory Polymers: Novel Biodegradable Shape-Memory Elastomers with Drug-Releasing Capabilities (Adv. Mater. 19/2011)

  1. M. Concepcion Serrano1,
  2. Luis Carbajal1,
  3. Guillermo A. Ameer1,2,3,4,*

Article first published online: 9 MAY 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201190070

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 19, page 2210, May 17, 2011

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Serrano, M. C., Carbajal, L. and Ameer, G. A. (2011), Shape-Memory Polymers: Novel Biodegradable Shape-Memory Elastomers with Drug-Releasing Capabilities (Adv. Mater. 19/2011). Adv. Mater., 23: 2210. doi: 10.1002/adma.201190070

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  1. 1

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

  2. 2

    Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

  3. 3

    Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Vascular Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

*Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

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  1. Issue published online: 9 MAY 2011
  2. Article first published online: 9 MAY 2011

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Keywords:

  • aliphatic diols;
  • drug delivery;
  • elastomers;
  • polydiolcitrates;
  • shape-memory materials
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Shape-memory poly(diol-co-citrates) are poly-esters with thermosensitive optical and mechanical behaviour. Below their transition temperature (Ttrans) these materials become opaque and hard, whereas above Ttrans they are transparent elastomers. The mechanism for these phenomena includes the formation of reversible physical crosslinks within the covalently cross-linked polymer network, report Guillermo Ameer and co-workers on p. 2211.

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