POLYMERS Vol.64　No.8 August 2015

POLYMERS　Vol.64　No.8

COVER STORY
Memory of Shape

Polymers which can memorize their previous shape are commonly known as “shape memory polymers”. Generally shape memory polymer means that mechanically deformed polymer resins can return to the original shape by only heating. However this issue deals with a broader definition of the term shape memory polymer. We will cover polymer materials that can store their previous shape and return to the previous form by a wider range of external stimuli such as heating, light, additives, and so on. Within this issue, we focus on applications and mechanisms of shape memory polymers, and we highlight active research areas of shape memory polymers as a smart material.

Editors: YUSA, TAKEUCHI, Y. TANAKA, MIURA, and YOSHIMOTO

Digest for English Readers

482

Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ

485

Commentary

Not Only Shape Memory But...

Yoshihito OSADA

486

COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews

Bio-Based Films Showing Double Shape-Memories by Thermal and Photonic Stimuli	Tatsuo KANEKO	487
Development of High Performance Shape Memory Composite Material	Hisaaki TOBUSHI	490
Shape Memory Mechanism in Polymers	Katsuhiro INOMATA	493

PolyMANGA

496

COVER STORY: Topics and Products

Shape Stabilizing Finish “APOLLOCOT”	Hiroaki HAKATA	497
Possibility for Replacing Superelastic Alloys (Shape-Memory Alloys) with Organic Compounds	Satoshi TAKAMIZAWA	499
Temperature-Induced Transformable Nanoparticles	Akihiko KIKUCHI, Taka-Aki ASOH	501

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account

Be a Treasure Hunter

Sadaki SAMITSU

503

Messages: “Work and Life”

I was Appointed to a Women-Only Academic Position

Tamao ISHIDA

504

Front-Line Polymer Science

Polymer Synthesis using CO₂ as a Co-monomer

Kyoko NOZAKI, Ryo NAKANO

505

From My Bookshelf

Mitsuhiro SHIBAYAMA / Jin GONG

510

PolySCHOLA

Katsuhiko TAKENAKA

511

Messages from SPSJ

515

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