Extensive efforts have been made in the research and development of smart textile systems in recent years. One of these
developments in smart materials is shape memory applications. Shape memory materials (SMM) are smart materials that can
remember and recover substantial programmed deformation upon activation and exposing to an external stimulus such as
chemicals, temperature, pH, light, a magnetic field, etc. Shape memory materials have been used in many areas and textile
application of this technology has covered a wide usage recently. Today’s textile concept isn’t the similar to past and
expectations of people from textile have been changing more and more. In this point, shape memory materials can answer these
needs in textile due to its smart features. Shape-memory materials can be used in textile as clothing, yarn and fabric. The
application possibilities are only limited by our imagination and creativity, so shape-memory productions have been able to gain
a different aspect to textile.