A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

JM Jani, M Leary, A Subic, MA Gibson - Materials & Design (1980-2015), 2014 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) belong to a class of shape memory materials (SMMs), which
have the ability to 'memorise'or retain their previous form when subjected to certain stimulus …

A revisit to atomistic rationale for slip in shape memory alloys

P Chowdhury, H Sehitoglu - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Performance degradation in shape memory alloys (SMA) arises due to a gradual loss of
strain recoverability attributable to slip mediated plasticity. The slip-induced changes in …

Effects of nanoprecipitation on the shape memory and material properties of an Ni-rich NiTiHf high temperature shape memory alloy

HE Karaca, SM Saghaian, G Ded, H Tobe, B Basaran… - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Shape memory properties of a Ni 50.3 Ti 29.7 Hf 20 (at.%) polycrystalline alloy were
characterized after selected heat treatments. The effects of heat treatment temperature and …

NiTiHf-based shape memory alloys

HE Karaca, E Acar, H Tobe… - Materials Science and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
NiTiHf-based shape memory alloys have been receiving considerable attention for high
temperature, high strength and two-way shape memory applications since they could have …

Recent development of TiNi‐based shape memory alloys with high cycle stability and high transformation temperature

Y Tong, A Shuitcev, Y Zheng - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
TiNi‐based shape memory alloys (SMAs) attract a lot of attention from engineering and
biomedical fields because of their superior functional properties, such as their unique shape …

Controlling microstructure evolution and phase transformation behavior in additive manufacturing of nitinol shape memory alloys by tuning hatch distance

JN Zhu, E Borisov, X Liang, R Huizenga… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), categorized as additive manufacturing technique, has a
capability to fabricate NiTi (Nitinol) shape memory alloys with tailorable functional properties …

High strength NiTiHf shape memory alloys with tailorable properties

SM Saghaian, HE Karaca, H Tobe, AS Turabi, S Saedi… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Microstructure of NiTiHf shape memory alloys can be engineered to have high strength and
operate at high stress levels for a large temperature window. Nanoprecipitation is well …

Load-biased shape-memory and superelastic properties of a precipitation strengthened high-temperature Ni50. 3Ti29. 7Hf20 alloy

GS Bigelow, A Garg, SA Padula Ii, DJ Gaydosh… - Scripta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
A slightly Ni-rich NiTi–20Hf (at.%) alloy was aged for 3h at 550° C to form a homogeneous
distribution of 10–20nm precipitates. To determine the effect of such structures on the …

Ultra-high temperature multi-component shape memory alloys

D Canadinc, W Trehern, J Ma, I Karaman, F Sun… - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents martensitic transformation characteristics of selected multi-component
(Ni, Pd) 50 (Ti, Hf, Zr) 50 alloys, with an emphasis on superelasticity and thermal actuation …

Fiber laser cutting study on ternary NiTiV shape memory alloy

A Arun, K Rajkumar, S Santosh - Materials and Manufacturing …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Shape memory alloys (SMA) made of nickel–titanium (NiTi) have grown in popularity
because of their functionality and mechanical qualities. Vanadium (V) was added as an …