Facile preparation of rapidly electro-active shape memory thermoplastic polyurethane/polylactide blends via phase morphology control and incorporation of conductive fillers

Rapidly electro-active thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/polylactide (PLA) shape memory polymer (SMP) blends via phase morphology control and incorporation of conductive multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were achieved by simple and efficient melt blending in this work. Binary TPU/PLA blends with various composition ratios were firstly prepared, and the effect of phase morphology on shape memory behavior was studied. The optimum shape memory...