As a non-beam-based additive manufacturing (AM) method, binder jet 3D printing (BJ3DP)
is a process in which a liquid binder is jetted on layers of powdered materials, selectively …

With the rapid development of nano-preparation processes, nanocrystalline materials have
been widely developed in the fields of mechanics, electricity, optics, and thermal physics …

This study investigated microstructural evolution, phase transformation and magnetic
behavior of additively manufactured magnetic shape memory alloy foam. Pre-alloyed …

The effects of nano-precipitation on stress-induced martensitic transformation (SIM) in Fe
43.5 Mn 34 Al 15 Ni 7.5 shape memory alloy wires were investigated. It was shown that a …

Magnetic shape memory materials require a high twin boundary mobility and low hysteresis
for applications mainly as actuators, sensors, and magnetocaloric cooling elements. Usually …

In the present study, the combination of Dy micro-alloying and isothermal mechanical cyclic
training (IMCT) was utilized to enhance the mechanical, pseudoelastic and elastocaloric …

In view of the exponential rate of advancement in robotics technology, a composite material,
which is promising for high-speed and large-strain actuation and sensing applications, has …

Mechanical training via cyclic loading and unloading was widely used in NiMnGa shape
memory alloys (SMAs) to create single or double variant states for reducing the resistance to …

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs), which are potential candidates for future
technologies (ie, actuators in robots), have been paid much attention for their high work per …

Twinning stress or mechanical hysteresis associated with the twin boundary motion is one of
the most essential parameters which determine the actuating performance of magnetic …