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 …

Additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloy for biomedical applications: review of the LPBF process ecosystem

K Safaei, H Abedi, M Nematollahi, F Kordizadeh… - Jom, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Thin-film electronics on active substrates: review of materials, technologies and applications

F Catania, H de Souza Oliveira, P Lugoda… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last years, the development of new materials as well as advanced fabrication
techniques have enabled the transformation of electronics from bulky rigid structures into …

Nitinol: From historical milestones to functional properties and biomedical applications

S Alipour, F Taromian, ER Ghomi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Isoatomic NiTi alloy (Nitinol) has become an important biomaterial due to its unique
characteristics, including shape memory effect, superelasticity, and high damping. Nitinol …

Laser additive manufacturing of bulk and porous shape-memory NiTi alloys: From processes to potential biomedical applications

S Dadbakhsh, M Speirs, J Van Humbeeck, JP Kruth - MRS bulletin, 2016 - cambridge.org
NiTi alloys are well known not only due to their exceptional shape-memory ability to recover
their primary shape, but also because they show high ductility, excellent corrosion and wear …

Brief overview on nitinol as biomaterial

A Wadood - Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory alloys remember their shape due to thermoelastic martensitic phase
transformation. These alloys have advantages in terms of large recoverable strain and these …

The evolution of mechanical actuation: from conventional actuators to artificial muscles

C Greco, P Kotak, L Pagnotta… - International Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mechanical actuators are defined as mechanical devices that convert an input energy into
motion. Since the 1990s, advancements in the fields of robotics and automation have …

Shape memory alloys: a state of art review

C Naresh, PSC Bose, CSP Rao - IOP conference series …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are the special materials that have the ability to return to a
predetermined shape when heated. When this alloy is in below transformation temperature it …

[HTML][HTML] Machining of biocompatible materials: a review

K Saptaji, MA Gebremariam, MABM Azhari - The International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The need for more effective and efficient manufacturing processes to transform the
biocompatible materials into high standard artificial human body components (implants) is …

State of the art in processing of shape memory alloys with electrical discharge machining: a review

R Singh, RP Singh, R Trehan - Proceedings of the Institution …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been well known for their superior and excellent
properties which makes them an eligible candidate of paramount importance in real-life …