Light-triggered self-healing and shape-memory polymers
We show that these two seemingly different groups of functional materials are linked by a number of common approaches enabling their optical control, the approaches based on the photothermal effect and photochemical reactions of photoswitching groups incorporated in polymer structures
We highlight the recent progress made in light-controlled self-healing and shape memory polymers
We analyse the materials design, underlying mechanisms and chemistries involved in the different methods developed for these two types of emerging photoresponsive materials
We show that these two seemingly different groups of functional materials are linked by a number of common approaches enabling their optical control, the approaches based on the photothermal effect and photochemical reactions of photoswitching groups incorporated in polymer structures
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