Preferred Label : shape-memory polymer;
IUPAC definition : Polymer that, after heating and being subjected to a plastic deformation, resumes
its original shape when heated above its glass-transition or melting temperature.;
Scope note : crystalline trans-polyisoprene is an example of a shape-memory polymer.;
Origin ID : ST07194;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
Polymer that, after heating and being subjected to a plastic deformation, resumes
its original shape when heated above its glass-transition or melting temperature.
