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Exploiting the role of nanoparticle shape in enhancing hydrogel adhesive and mechanical properties by Arno, Maria C., Inam, Maria, Weems, Andrew C., Li, Zehua, Binch, Abbie L. A., Platt, Christopher I., Richardson, Stephen M., Hoyland, Judith A., Dove, Andrew P., O’Reilly, Rachel K.

“…The ability to control nanostructure shape and dimensions presents opportunities to design materials in which their macroscopic properties are dependent upon…”
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4D polycarbonates via stereolithography as scaffolds for soft tissue repair by Weems, Andrew C., Arno, Maria C., Yu, Wei, Huckstepp, Robert T. R., Dove, Andrew P.

“…3D printing has emerged as one of the most promising tools to overcome the processing and morphological limitations of traditional tissue engineering scaffold…”
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Elastomeric polyamide biomaterials with stereochemically tuneable mechanical properties and shape memory by Worch, Joshua C., Weems, Andrew C., Yu, Jiayi, Arno, Maria C., Wilks, Thomas R., Huckstepp, Robert T. R., O’Reilly, Rachel K., Becker, Matthew L., Dove, Andrew P.

“…Biocompatible polymers are widely used in tissue engineering and biomedical device applications. However, few biomaterials are suitable for use as long-term…”
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Bioderived 4D Printable Terpene Photopolymers from Limonene and β‑Myrcene by Constant, Eric, King, Olivia, Weems, Andrew C.

“…Green manufacturing and reducing our cultural dependency on petrochemicals have been topics of growing interest in the past decade, particularly for…”
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Shape Memory Poly(β-hydroxythioether) Foams for Oil Remediation in Aquatic Environments by King, Olivia, Constant, Eric, Weems, Andrew C

“…Shape memory poly­(β-hydroxythioether) foams were produced using organobase catalyzed reactions between epoxide and thiol monomers, allowing for the rapid…”
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Ring Opening Copolymerization of Four-Dimensional Printed Shape Memory Polyester Photopolymers Using Digital Light Processing by Merckle, David, Constant, Eric, Cartwright, Zachary, Weems, Andrew C

“…The advent of smart or functional 3D printing (3DP) materials (“four-dimensional (4D) materials”) represents one important development toward addressing…”
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Linalool Derivatives for Natural Product-Based 4D Printing Resins by Merckle, David, Constant, Eric, Weems, Andrew C

“…The use of green alternatives to petrochemicals from renewable feedstocks is of great interest globally, especially within additive manufacturing efforts. To…”
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Selective Reactivity of Myrcene for Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing and Postfabrication Surface Modification by Weems, Andrew C, Delle Chiaie, Kayla R, Yee, Rachel, Dove, Andrew P

“…Biosourced materials are gaining interest industrially, but there are still limitations on the library of available materials suitable for advanced…”
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4D Photopolymers Derived From Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Cyclic Anhydrides and Limonene Oxide by Brooks, Scott, Merckle, David, Weems, Andrew C

“…Natural product-derived materials are a growing source of interest for bioderived polymers or materials with improved sustainability profiles, but only…”
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Poly(β‐hydroxythioether)s as shape memory polymer foams for oil sorption in aquatic environments by Guggenbiller, Grant, Al Balushi, Ali, Weems, Andrew C.

“…Oil spills in aquatic environments represent a significant ongoing threat to aquatic life due to the persistence of oil films or slick. While many methods are…”
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4D Aliphatic photopolymer polycarbonates as direct ink writing of biodegradable, conductive graphite‐composite materials by Brooks, Scott, Cartwright, Zachary, Merckle, David, Weems, Andrew C.

“…Photopolymers are one of the fastest growing 3D printing material classes, despite the lack of diversity in performance or composition. A simple addition of…”
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3D Printing for the Clinic: Examining Contemporary Polymeric Biomaterials and Their Clinical Utility by Weems, Andrew C, Pérez-Madrigal, Maria M, Arno, Maria C, Dove, Andrew P

“…The advent of additive manufacturing offered the potential to revolutionize clinical medicine, particularly with patient-specific implants across a range of…”
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3D Printing of Green and Renewable Polymeric Materials: Toward Greener Additive Manufacturing by Guggenbiller, Grant, Brooks, Scott, King, Olivia, Constant, Eric, Merckle, David, Weems, Andrew C

“…There is an ever-growing push toward sustainability and green manufacturing in a wide array of industries, especially 3D printing, which is now recognized as a…”
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4D Printable Salicylic Acid Photopolymers for Sustained Drug Releasing, Shape Memory, Soft Tissue Scaffolds by King, Olivia, Pérez-Madrigal, Maria M., Murphy, Erin R., Hmayed, Ali Al Rida, Dove, Andrew P., Weems, Andrew C.

“…3D printing of pharmaceuticals offers a unique opportunity for long-term, sustained drug release profiles for an array of treatment options. Unfortunately,…”
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Harnessing the Chemical Diversity of the Natural Product Magnolol for the Synthesis of Renewable, Degradable Neolignan Thermosets with Tunable Thermomechanical Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity by Wacker, Kevin T, Weems, Andrew C, Lim, Soon-Mi, Khan, Sarosh, Felder, Simcha E, Dove, Andrew P, Wooley, Karen L

“…Magnolol, a neolignan natural product with antioxidant properties, contains inherent, orthogonal, phenolic, and alkenyl reactive groups that were used in both…”
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Improved oxidative biostability of porous shape memory polymers by substituting triethanolamine for glycerol by Weems, Andrew C., Wacker, Kevin T., Maitland, Duncan J.

“…ABSTRACT While many aromatic polyurethane systems suffer from poor hydrolytic stability, more recently proposed aliphatic systems are oxidatively labile. The…”
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Shape memory polyurethanes with oxidation-induced degradation: In vivo and in vitro correlations for endovascular material applications by Weems, Andrew C., Wacker, Kevin T., Carrow, James K., Boyle, Anthony J., Maitland, Duncan J.

“…[Display omitted] The synthesis of thermoset shape memory polymer (SMP) polyurethanes from symmetric, aliphatic alcohols and diisocyanates has previously…”
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Revealing the glass transition in shape memory polymers using Brillouin spectroscopy by Steelman, Zachary A., Weems, Andrew C., Traverso, Andrew J., Szafron, Jason M., Maitland, Duncan J., Yakovlev, Vladislav V.

“…Emerging medical devices which employ shape memory polymers (SMPs) require precise measurements of the glass transition temperature (Tg) to ensure highly…”
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Shape memory polyurethane‐urea foams with improved toughness by Easley, Alexandra D., Monroe, Mary Beth Browning, Hasan, Sayyeda M., Weems, Andrew C., Frederick, Jane, Maitland, Duncan J.

“…ABSTRACT Current vascular aneurysm treatments often require either highly invasive strategy to surgically occlude an aneurysm or endovascular occlusion via…”
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In vitro performance of a shape memory polymer foam-coated coil embolization device by Boyle, Anthony J., Wierzbicki, Mark A., Herting, Scott, Weems, Andrew C., Nathan, Adam, Hwang, Wonjun, Maitland, Duncan J.

“…•Design of an implantable medical device utilizing shape memory polymer foam•Benchtop demonstration of device performance for treatment of intracranial…”
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