Shape memory alloys and polymers for MEMS/NEMS applications: Review on recent findings and challenges in design, preparation, and characterization

I Stachiv, E Alarcon, M Lamac - Metals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rapid progress in material science and nanotechnology has led to the development of the
shape memory alloys (SMA) and the shape memory polymers (SMP) based functional …

NiTi‐based elastocaloric cooling on the macroscale: From basic concepts to realization

SM Kirsch, F Welsch, N Michaelis, M Schmidt… - Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state cooling is an environmentally friendly, no global warming potential alternative to
vapor compression‐based systems. Elastocaloric cooling based on NiTi shape memory …

High-performance multimode elastocaloric cooling system

S Qian, D Catalini, J Muehlbauer, B Liu, H Mevada… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Developing zero–global warming potential refrigerants has emerged as one area that helps
address global climate change concerns. Various high-efficiency caloric cooling techniques …

A compact elastocaloric refrigerator

Y Chen, Y Wang, W Sun, S Qian, J Liu - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Elastocaloric cooling is regarded as one of the most promising cutting-edge alternatives to
conventional vapor compression refrigeration systems. This technology is based on the …

Large elastocaloric effect in directionally solidified all-d-metal Heusler metamagnetic shape memory alloys

Y Shen, Z Wei, W Sun, Y Zhang, E Liu, J Liu - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid-state cooling based on the caloric effect of phase transformation materials has
attracted considerable interest with the increased demand for energy-efficient and …

SMA foil-based elastocaloric cooling: from material behavior to device engineering

F Bruederlin, H Ossmer, F Wendler… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The elastocaloric effect associated with the stress-induced first order phase transformation in
pseudoelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) films and foils is of special interest for cooling …

Ionocaloric refrigeration cycle

D Lilley, R Prasher - Science, 2022 - science.org
Developing high-efficiency cooling with safe, low–global warming potential refrigerants is a
grand challenge for tackling climate change. Caloric effect–based cooling technologies …

Progress in phase field modeling of functional properties and fracture behavior of shape memory alloys

B Xu, C Yu, J Xiong, J Hu, Q Kan, C Wang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Upscaling of SMA film-based elastocaloric cooling

G Ulpiani, F Bruederlin, R Weidemann, G Ranzi… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new concept of upscaling a shape memory alloy (SMA) film based elastocaloric cooling
device is presented by arranging SMA films in parallel to increase the specific cooling …

A non-isothermal phase field study of the shape memory effect and pseudoelasticity of polycrystalline shape memory alloys

Y Sun, J Luo, J Zhu, K Zhou - Computational Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a non-isothermal phase field (PF) model is proposed to investigate the shape
memory effect (SME) and pseudoelasticity (PE) of polycrystalline shape memory alloys …