Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are smart materials that are widely used to create intelligent
devices because of their high energy density, actuation strain, and biocompatibility …

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a key metal additive manufacturing process and has
attracted increasing attention both in academia and industry. An essential physical issue …

Laser powder bed fusion is a promising additive manufacturing technique for the fabrication
of NiTi shape memory alloy parts with complex geometries that are otherwise difficult to …

We report a stable tensile recovery strain induced by a Ni 4 Ti 3 nanoprecipitate in a Ni 50.4
Ti 49.6 shape memory alloy (SMA) fabricated via selective laser melting (SLM), followed by …

In conventional processing, metals go through multiple manufacturing steps including
casting, plastic deformation, and heat treatment to achieve the desired property. In additive …

NiTi alloys have drawn significant attentions in biomedical and aerospace fields due to their
unique shape memory effect (SME), superelasticity (SE), dam** characteristics, high …

NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) are used in a broad range of biomedical applications
because of their unique properties including biocompatibility and high corrosion and wear …

Cu-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) show great potential in the application of high
temperature, but their performance improvement combining with additive manufacturing is …

Micro laser powder bed fusion (µ-LPBF) additive manufacturing presents enormous
potential in fabricating complex metallic micro-components (ie the component with a feature …

Nickel–titanium (NiTi) is a shape-memory alloy, a type of material whose name is derived
from its ability to recover its original shape upon heating to a certain temperature. NiTi falls …