Shape memory alloys (SMAs), such as Nitinol (ie, NiTi), are of great importance in
biomedical and engineering applications due to their unique superelasticity and shape …

Laser powder bed fusion is a promising additive manufacturing technique for the fabrication
of NiTi shape memory alloy parts with complex geometries that are otherwise difficult to …

The microstructure and superelasticity in additive manufactured NiTi shape memory alloys
(SMAs) were investigated. Using elementally blended Ni and Ti powder feedstock, Ni-rich …

For the first time, this work comprehensively studied the effectiveness of precipitation
hardening achieved by aging treatment in improving the tensile superelasticity of NiTi alloys …

This work studies the impact of selective laser melting (SLM) fabrication on the
microstructure and texture of Ni-rich NiTi alloy. SLM NiTi samples were fabricated with a …

With the drive towards minimally invasive procedures, the medical industry is looking
towards 'avant-garde'materials, with 50NiTi currently being the prime choice for many critical …

Due to unique functional and mechanical properties, NiTi shape memory alloys are one of
the most promising metallic functional materials. However, the poor workability limits the …

Annealing temperature is found to significantly affect the superelasticity of nickel titanium
(NiTi) shape memory alloy. Especially, the plateau strain of the forward stress-induced …

Super-elasticity (SE) of nickel titanium alloy is usually achieved by thermal or thermo-
mechanical treatment. This SE property depends on reverse martensitic transformation; …

Processing of Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys (SMAs) is challenging because
smallest compositional variances and all types of microstructural features strongly affect the …