Laser powder bed fusion of defect-free NiTi shape memory alloy parts with superior tensile superelasticity

L Xue, KC Atli, C Zhang, N Hite, A Srivastava, AC Leff… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Anisotropic microstructure and superelasticity of additive manufactured NiTi alloy bulk builds using laser directed energy deposition

BA Bimber, RF Hamilton, J Keist, TA Palmer - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The microstructure and superelasticity in additive manufactured NiTi shape memory alloys
(SMAs) were investigated. Using elementally blended Ni and Ti powder feedstock, Ni-rich …

Controlling martensitic transformation characteristics in defect-free NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated using laser powder bed fusion and a process optimization …

L Xue, KC Atli, S Picak, C Zhang, B Zhang, A Elwany… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) was utilized to fabricate fully dense, near-
equiatomic (Ni 50.1 Ti 49.9) and Ni-rich NiTi (Ni 50.8 Ti 49.2) shape memory alloy (SMA) …

A short review on the microstructure, transformation behavior and functional properties of NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by selective laser melting

X Wang, S Kustov, J Van Humbeeck - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

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 …

Correlating microstructure and superelasticity of directed energy deposition additive manufactured Ni-rich NiTi alloys

RF Hamilton, BA Bimber, TA Palmer - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018 - Elsevier
Laser-based directed energy deposition (LDED) additive manufacturing of Ni-rich NiTi
shape memory alloys was shown to produce inhomogeneous precipitate morphologies and …

Achieving superelasticity in additively manufactured NiTi in compression without post-process heat treatment

N Shayesteh Moghaddam, S Saedi, A Amerinatanzi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Selective laser melting of NiTi shape memory alloy: processability, microstructure, and superelasticity

CA Biffi, J Fiocchi, F Valenza, P Bassani… - Shape Memory and …, 2020 - Springer
Nowadays, thanks to the growing interest regarding the manufacturing of 3D complex parts
with integrated functionalities, the additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloy is a …

Simultaneous enhancement of mechanical and shape memory properties by heat-treatment homogenization of Ti2Ni precipitates in TiNi shape memory alloy …

HZ Lu, LH Liu, C Yang, X Luo, CH Song, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The excellent shape memory and mechanical properties of TiNi shape memory alloys
(SMAs) fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) are highly desirable for a wide range …

Building orientation-structure-property in laser powder bed fusion of NiTi shape memory alloy

M Nematollahi, SE Saghaian, K Safaei, P Bayati… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study is the first study on the compressive and tensile stress-strain revealing the
deformation anisotropy among laser powder bed fusion NiTi parts fabricated with the same …