Sustainable development represents a vital global strategic goal. In the field of microcooling,
green and environmentally friendly solid-state refrigeration technologies show great …

This work reports simultaneous achievement of high strength and large tensile ductility in a
beta titanium alloy manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM). The SLM-produced …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been widely employed in many engineering fields due
to their unique functional properties, such as super-elasticity, elastocaloric effect, and shape …

A non-isothermal and crystal plasticity based phase field model was established by
incorporating various inelastic deformation mechanisms, ie, martensite transformation …

The effect of one-step overstressed compressive plastic deformation on functional fatigue of
polycrystalline NiTi is investigated. Cuboidal micropillars are subjected to one-step plastic …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have the potential to be used for a wide variety of
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) applications, providing a unique combination of …

Superelasticity is one promising functional property of shape memory alloys. To utilize
superelasticity in application, sufficient fatigue life (ie, for functional fatigue) during the …

The grain size (GS) effects on stress-assisted two-way memory behavior of NiTi shape
memory alloys (SMAs) were investigated by thermomechanical actuation tests over a wide …

Grain-size (GS) effects on the temperature-dependent elastocaloric cooling performance of
NiTi with the average GS of 11, 22, 30, 45 and 70 nm are investigated over a temperature …

In the field of nanoscale magnetocaloric materials, novel concepts like micro-refrigerators,
thermal switches, microfluidic pumps, energy harvesting devices and biomedical …