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. 2020 Oct 15;6(4):1083–1106. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.10.002

Table 6.

Main biobased SMPUs and recovery properties.

Ref Polyol type Thermal transition Shape memory parameters
Shape memory (cycle 1)*
Recovery test
Cytotoxicity
Tdef, Tfix, Trec** Streching [%] Shape Fixity Rf [%] Shape Recovery Rr [%] Temp.*** Time Test type, Cell type
[302] CO Tm: 20.5 °C–54.4 °C 65 °C, 5 °C, 65 °C n.m 47.8–94.6 82.0–94.1 n.m n.m MTT, NIH 3T3
65 °C, 25 °C, 65 °C 57.4–97.7 88.6–96.7 n.m n.m
[297] CO Tm: 65.4 °C–70.0 °C n.m, n.m, 25 °C 50 78.1–93.5 90.5–95.6 25 °C 195s MTT, L929
n.m, n.m, 40 °C 87.1–95.5 91.1–94.5 40 °C 74s
[301] CO Tm: 52.2 °C–65.0 °C >Tm, <Tm, >Tm 50 88.9–96.9 81.7–93.1 n.m n.m MTT, L929
100 86.4–88.6 78.1–85.0 n.m n.m
250 72.0–80.0 72.4–84.7 n.m n.m
[296] CO Tg: 13.6 °C–14.5 °C 40 °C, −10 °C, 40 °C 50 91.6–98.3 85.5–87.3 n.m n.m Optical density, L929
[299] PLA-PCL-PLA Tg: 38.9 °C–46.8 °C 60 °C, 0 °C, 60 °C n.m 99.4–99.9 close to 100 60 °C <10s n.m
[298] PLA-co-CL Tg: 28.7 °C–34.0 °C 37 °C, −195,79 °C, 37 °C 200 n.m 43–52 37 °C 1–2min n.m
[300] PLA Tg: 41.1 °C–54.1 °C Tg+15 °C, 40 °C, 75 °C 100 >95 >70 60 °C 10s n.m
[303] Starch Tm: around 40 °C 60 °C, −15 °C, 40 °C n.m 70.0–98.8 93.3–98.9 40 °C 20–25s Live/Dead, HDF
[304] PC Tm: 37 °C–54 °C 60–70 °C, -10-0 °C, 60–70 °C 100 93.3–98.1 98.6–99.3 n.m n.m n.m
400 91.8–98.4 98.5–99.3
600 90.9–97.7 99.1–99.4
[305] PBA Tm: 44.6 °C–47.3 °C 40 °C, 10 °C, 40 °C 50 75–85 75–80 60 °C 50s n.m
Tm: 43.6 °C–48.6 °C 70–75 70–75
PEA Tm: 41.3 °C–42.3 °C 70–80 70–75
[295] PGS in water, 24 °C 25–90 70–95 22 °C <1 h n.m
in PBS, 37 °C 25–90 75–90

N.m: not mentioned *Most works comprised several cycles **Tdef = deformation temperature, Tfix = fixation temperature, Trec = recovery temperature ***Temp. = temperature.