%0 Journal Article %A Sessini, Valentina %A Raquez, Jean-Marie %A Lo Re, Giada %A Mincheva, Rosica %A Kenny, José María %A Dubois, Philippe %A Peponi, Laura %T Multiresponsive Shape Memory Blends and Nanocomposites Based on Starch %D 2016 %@ 1944-8244 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/43787 %X Smart multiresponsive bionanocomposites with both humidity- and thermally activated shape-memory effects, based on blends of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and thermoplastic starch (TPS) are designed. Thermo- and humidity-mechanical cyclic experiments are performed in order to demonstrate the humidity- as well as thermally activated shape memory properties of the starch-based materials. In particular, the induced-crystallization is used in order to thermally activate the EVA shape memory response. The shape memory results of both blends and their nanocomposites reflect the excellent ability to both humidity- and thermally activated recover of the initial shape with values higher than 80 and 90%, respectively. %K thermoplastic starch %K shape memory %K humidity %K nanocomposite %K thermomechanical cycles %K Química %K Chemistry %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala