Shape memory alloys (SMAs) with high transformation temperatures can enable
simplifications and improvements in operating efficiency of many mechanical components …

Ti–Ni-based alloys are quite attractive functional materials not only as practical shape
memory alloys with high strength and ductility but also as those exhibiting unique physical …

High-precision data on phase transformation temperatures in NiTi, including numerical
expressions for the effect of Ni on MS, MF, AS, AF and T0, are obtained, and the reasons for …

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted significant attention from both industrial and
academic researchers due to their useful and fascinating functionality. This review …

Magnetic Heusler alloys which undergo a martensitic transition display interesting functional
properties. In the present review, we survey the magnetocaloric effects of Ni–Mn-based …

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Cyclic loading is one of the generic characteristic features of many of the present and
potential future applications of NiTi shape memory alloys, no matter whether they exploit …

Nitinol (nickel-titanium or Ni-Ti) is one of the most utilized alloys exhibiting the Shape
Memory Effect, which makes it possible to use it in many applications, such as aerospace …

TiNi thin films have attracted much attention in recent years as intelligent and functional
materials because of their unique properties. TiNi thin film based micro-actuators will …

The martensitic transformation serves as the basis for applications of shape memory alloys
(SMAs). The ability to make rapid and accurate predictions of the transformation temperature …