Novel photonic nanostructures with thermoresponsive shape-memory properties are presented. These materials, synthesized by imprinting a surface nanopattern on shape-memory polydiolcitrate elastomers, incorporate programmable optical properties that can be modulated or temporary erased by external stimuli. The multifunctional nature of these materials broadens their interest for applications as diverse as sensing, regenerative medicine or photonics.

This work was partially supported by EU FP7 NoE Nanophotonics4Energy grant No. 248855, the Spanish MICINN project MAT2012–31659 (SAMAP), and Comunidad de Madrid S2009/MAT‐1756 (PHAMA) program. A.E. was supported by the FPI Ph.D. program from the MICINN. M.C.S. acknowledges MINECO for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship.