Term: shape-memory polymer
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Definition:
Polymer that, after heating and being subjected to a plastic deformation, resumes its original shape when heated above its glass-transition or melting temperature.

Note: Crystalline @C01092@-polyisoprene is an example of a shape-memory polymer.

Related Terms:
1) trans (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01092).
2) melting (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03821).

Source: PAC, 2004, 76, 889. 'Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 903 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476040889)

Citation: 'shape-memory polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.ST07194

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