Abstract
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have received great attention and scientific interest in widespread technological development during last few decades. Besides the development of novel SMPs, various techniques have been practiced for characterization of shape memory effect (SME) of SMPs. In this study, the shape memory effect and recovery stress property of the carbon nanotube (CNT)/waterborne epoxy (WEP) nanocomposites below and above the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the nanocomposites and under isostrain and isostress were systematically investigated via thermal mechanical analysis (TMA), respectively. The experimental results showed that the nanocomposites exhibit excellent shape memory effect. The shape memory fixity and recovery ratios were approximately 100% even below glass transition temperature (Tg). A remarkable point is that the strain of the nanocomposites suddenly increased with the temperature decreasing in a certain period of the heating-cooling cycles under isostress condition and the strain increment increased with temperature in general. Especially at low temperature, the recovery stress was very sensitive to temperature under isostrain condition of ±0.25 °C temperature with differential of 25.5 °C developed pressure difference of 0.20 MPa. Moreover, TMA is a practical method for quantifying the SME and recovery stress properties of SMPs and their composites.
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