Development of shape memory polymer nanocomposite foam for treatment of intracranial aneurysms

Jingyu Wang, Jishan Luo, Robert Kunkel, Mrinal Saha, Bradley N. Bohnstedt, Chung-Hao Lee, Yingtao Liu

Abstract: Highlights•Highly porous shape memory nanocomposite foam fabricated using a biological safe sugar template method.•Uniform carbon nanotube distribution obtained within nanocomposites using ultrasonication.•Resistive-heating triggered shape recovery of 50% compressive deformation in two minutes.

External IDs:doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2019.04.112