Abstract Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function.
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …

Stimulus-responsive materials are able to response to a particular stimulus, such as, heat,
chemical, and light. As such, they are smarter and more intelligent than ordinary materials …

Memory consolidation is the process by which a newly formed and unstable memory
transforms into a stable long-term memory. It is unknown whether the process of memory …

After being severely and quasi-plastically distorted, shape memory materials (SMMs) are
able to recover their original shape at the presence of the right stimulus. In recent years we …

Functional shape memory alloys need to operate reversibly and repeatedly. Quantitative
measures of reversibility include the relative volume change of the participating phases and …

In the last years, the development of new materials as well as advanced fabrication
techniques have enabled the transformation of electronics from bulky rigid structures into …

Cu-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) and among these copper–zinc (Cu–Zn), copper–
aluminum (Cu–Al), and copper–tin (Cu–Sn) alloys both with and without ternary additions …

Based on the working mechanisms, a systematic literature review is logically presented to
reveal that the thermo-and chemo-responsive shape memory effects (SMEs) are not the …

We investigated the effects of grain size on the rate-dependent thermomechanical
responses of polycrystalline superelastic NiTi (with an average grain size from 10 to 90 nm) …

Rapid progress in material science and nanotechnology has led to the development of the
shape memory alloys (SMA) and the shape memory polymers (SMP) based functional …