Takamizawa S, Takasaki Y. Shape-memory effect in an organosuperelastic crystal.
Chem Sci 2015;
7:1527-1534. [PMID:
29899897 PMCID:
PMC5964930 DOI:
10.1039/c5sc04057d]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
An organoionic crystal of tetrabutyl-n-phosphonium tetraphenylborate thermally recovers its shape through superelasticity, similar to shape-memory alloys.
Shape-memory materials, i.e., polymers (SMPs: shape-memory polymers) and alloys (SMAs: shape-memory alloys), have been developed in very different ways since they are historically far apart in material type as well as physical property. In the deformation process, SMPs require only a slight stress due to the properties of organic polymer solids, and they reveal a smaller recovery force during the thermoplastic process whereas SMAs require a relatively large stress due to metallic properties, and they thermally tighten to generate a larger recovery force via destabilization of the stress-induced phase. An investigation into the unexplored area of the material adjoining both ends of SMPs and SMAs would lead toward a better understanding of shape-memory materials and extend future applications and material types. Here, we report the discovery of a shape-memory effect in an organic crystal bearing a combination of crystal transformability like in SMAs with organic components like SMPs.
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