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A mini review: Shape memory polymers for biomedical applications

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Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart materials that can change their shape in a pre-defined manner under a stimulus. The shape memory functionality has gained considerable interest for biomedical applications, which require materials that are biocompatible and sometimes biodegradable. There is a need for SMPs that are prepared from renewable sources to be used as substitutes for conventional SMPs. In this paper, advances in SMPs based on synthetic monomers and bio-compounds are discussed. Materials designed for biomedical applications are highlighted.

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Financial support from NSERC of Canada and FQRNT of Quebec is gratefully acknowledged. K. Wang is grateful to the China Scholarship Council for a scholarship. The authors are members of CSACS funded by FQRNT and GRSTB funded by FRSQ.

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X. X. Zhu received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry from Nankai University in China, and his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in Canada. After postdoctoral work at CNAM, France and the University of Toronto, he joined the Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal, where he is a full professor and holds the Research Chair in Polymeric Biomaterials. He and his group focus on the development of polymeric biomaterials for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, particularly the use of natural compounds such as bile acids in the preparation of new polymers. He received the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada in 2015.

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Wang, K., Strandman, S. & Zhu, X.X. A mini review: Shape memory polymers for biomedical applications. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 11, 143–153 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-017-1632-4

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