Research Article

The Influence of Water and Solvent Uptake on Functional Properties of Shape-Memory Polymers

Table 4

Shape-memory properties of dry and physically (hydrolytically) aged Estane programmed at . The results for the first cycle can be found in the Supplement I.

Holding time (s) (2) (%) (2) (%)

Dry samples
690.71 ± 5.2665.00 ± 7.01
6090.11 ± 5.0060.20 ± 4.14
60089.84 ± 4.0643.71 ± 4.23
600089.36 ± 4.758.00 ± 3.37

Physically (hydrolytically) aged samples
691.99 ± 5.7999.01 ± 5.23
6092.15 ± 5.9785.01 ± 3.67
60090.08 ± 6.7855.12 ± 4.46
600090.16 ± 9.6333.86 ± 6.12