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Buckling-controlled two-way shape memory effect in a ring-shaped bilayer

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Shape memory polymers (SMPs) usually have a one-way shape memory effect. In this paper, an easy-operating method to realize a two-way shape memory effect was demonstrated in a ring-shaped bilayer structure where the two layers are SMPs with different thermal transition temperatures. By designing specific thermomechanical processes, the mismatched deformation between the two layers leads to a morphology change of ring-shaped bilayer structures from a smooth ring to a gear-like buckling shape under cooling and a reversible recovery to the smooth shape under heating. Such a morphology change is ascribed to occurrence and recovery of thermoelastic buckling. This method was validated by finite element simulation. We experimentally investigated the influence of pre-strain on buckling, and it was found that both the buckling occurrence and recovery temperature vary with pre-strain. Furthermore, considering a ring-shaped SMP–SMP bilayer structure, finite element analysis was conducted to study the influence of film thickness and modulus ratio of two layers on buckling behavior. The results showed that the critical buckling wavelength was greatly influenced by film thickness and modulus ratio. We made a theoretical analysis that accorded well with the numerical results.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant 11272044) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant 2018JBM305).

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Li, H., Liang, X. & Song, W. Buckling-controlled two-way shape memory effect in a ring-shaped bilayer. Acta Mech. Sin. 35, 1217–1225 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-019-00888-5

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