Responsive Biomaterials: Advances in Materials Based on Shape‐Memory Polymers

Shape‐memory polymers (SMPs) are morphologically responsive materials with potential for a variety of biomedical applications, particularly as devices for minimally invasive surgery and the delivery of therapeutics and cells for tissue engineering. A brief introduction to SMPs is followed by a discussion of the current progress toward the development of SMP‐based biomaterials for clinically relevant biomedical applications.