Responsive Biomaterials: Advances in Materials Based on Shape-Memory Polymers.

Hardy, John G; Palma, Matteo; Wind, Shalom J; Biggs, Manus J · Adv Mater · 2016

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Abstract

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are morphologically responsive materials with potential for a variety of biomedical applications, particularly as devices for minimally invasive surgery and the delivery of therapeutics and cells for tissue engineering. A brief introduction to SMPs is followed by a discussion of the current progress toward the development of SMP-based biomaterials for clinically relevant biomedical applications.