G. Wallace et al., COAXING PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR FROM UNSTABLE (INTELLIGENT) POLYMER SYSTEMS - PROCESSING DYNAMIC-SYSTEMS, Journal of intelligent material systems and structures, 6(3), 1995, pp. 301-306
The development of intelligent polymeric materials is a multidimension
al task. It requires the design of processing systems that retain dyna
mic properties meaning that the material produced is inherently ''unst
able': It also requires the design of communication tools that can be
used to study, manipulate and control this dynamic character so as pre
dictable, intelligent behaviour can be coaxed from these ''unstable''
systems.