Elastic, superelastic and shape memory

This presentation will reviews the developments of superelastic polymers and fibers, which include extensible polymers and fibers with low or high elasticity and reversibility which consists of the polyurethane, polyester-ether, polyester, olefin based elastic fiber like XLA, hard elastic fiber, bio-component fiber, and the shape memory fibers. The emphasis of the review will be placed on the shape memory polymers/fibers including the synthesis, microstructure, properties and end-uses in industries. It also draws some conclusions about the current problems and future directions.