The development of novel smart colour change polymer materials via various melt processing techniques

Abstract

Smart polymers or stimuli-responsive polymers undergo large reversible changes, whether physical or chemical, in their properties as a consequence of small environmental variations. They can respond to a single stimulus or multiple stimuli, such as temperature, pH, electric or magnetic field, light intensity, biological molecules, etc., that induce macroscopic responses in the material. This project will consider the development of novel smart colour changing polymers via various melt processing techniques, including injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding.