'Smart' medical material aims to unfurl at 98.6 degrees
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Mechanical Engineering Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng has a simple office demonstration of how shape-memory polymers work. He takes the material, which is formed into a compact flower bud, drops the bud in a cup of warm water, and voila: A daisy slowly blooms.