Characterization of Shape Memory Polymer Estane by Means of Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis Technique. (9th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kazakevičiūtė-Makovska, Rasa; Özlem Özarmut, Aycan; Steeb, Holger
• Other Names: Bowen Chris Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Smart materials research. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-01-09
• Subjects: Smart materials -- Periodicals; Smart materials; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/250258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-3561

Abstract

Abstract : Commercially available shape memory polymer (SMP) Estane (designation: ETE75DT3 NAT022) is investigated by means of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) technique in torsion mode using the Modular Compact Rheometer MCR-301 (Anton Paar GmbH). Amplitude sweep tests have been run below and above the glass transition temperature to establish the linear viscoelastic range (LVR) in glassy and rubbery phase of this SMP for the correct physical interpretation of DMTA data. Temperature sweep tests were performed at various frequencies to study the influence of this parameter on values of the storage and loss moduli and the storage and loss compliances as well as the viscosities. These tests have been carried out in heating mode with different rates and at different strain amplitudes. The short- and long-term behavior of SMP Estane have been studied by frequency sweep tests performed at different temperatures and data have been transformed into time-domain properties by applying time-temperature superposition principles. All these DMTA data provide the experimental basis for the study of relaxation processes, property-structure relationships, and the shape memory effect in this little-known SMP.