Photothermal properties of shape memory
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Duncan J. Maitland; Melodie F. Metzger; Daniel Schumann; Abraham Lee; Thomas S.
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background and Objectives In this paper the photothermal engineering issues of novel shape memory polymer (SMP) microactuators for treating stroke are presented. The engineering issues for using lasers to heat and subsequently actuate these SMP devices are presented in order to prov