Electronic composites, whose properties can be controlled by thermal or electromagnetic
means, play an important role in micro-and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) …

Nature eloquently utilizes hierarchical structures to form the world around us. Applying the
hierarchical architecture paradigm to smart materials can provide a basis for a new genre of …

Active knits are a unique architectural approach to meeting emerging smart structure needs
for distributed high strain actuation with simultaneous force generation. This paper presents …

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMA) are a special type of smart materials that
change their shape under an applied magnetic field. They present attractive properties for …

A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for ligating an archwire includes a bracket body defining
an archwire slot configured to receive the archwire, a movable member movable relative to …

A stress–magnetic field–temperature phase diagram of polycrystalline Fe–30.5% Pd
ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) is constructed based on experimental results …

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) composites composed of a ferromagnetic
material and a shape memory alloy (SMA) are key material systems for fast-responsive and …

Nature builds an immense set of materials exhibiting a wide range of behaviors using only a
small number of basic compounds. The range of materials comes about through …

Recently, development of high-performance actuator materials which can be used in a high-
temperature (HT) environment with actuation strain and frequency in the order of 0.01 and …

Actuators move our world. While conventional and smart material actuators have enabled
myriad applications, many advanced applications (eg, morphing aircraft, deployable space …