Materials with giant mechanocaloric effects: cooling by strength

L Mañosa, A Planes - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The search for materials with large caloric effects has become a major challenge in material
science due to their potential in developing near room‐temperature solid‐state cooling …

Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Mixed Three-and Low-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites

M Simenas, A Gagor, J Banys, M Maczka - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lead halide perovskites are extensively investigated as efficient solution-processable
materials for photovoltaic applications. The greatest stability and performance of these …

Unprecedented non-hysteretic superelasticity of [001]-oriented NiCoFeGa single crystals

H Chen, YD Wang, Z Nie, R Li, D Cong, W Liu, F Ye… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Superelasticity associated with the martensitic transformation has found a broad range of
engineering applications,. However, the intrinsic hysteresis and temperature sensitivity of …

Strain states and unique properties in cold-rolled TiNi shape memory alloys

Q Liang, S Zhao, C Liang, T Zhao, D Wang, X Ding… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Martensitic transformation (MT), strain glass transition (SGT) and the corresponding stress-
strain responses in cold-rolled Ti 49.2 Ni 50.8 shape memory alloys (SMAs) at various …

Large Nonhysteretic Volume Magnetostriction in a Strong and Ductile High‐Entropy Alloy

J Gou, Y Pan, T Yang, Y Liu, G Liu, Y Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid development of smart technologies poses a big challenge for magnetostrictive
materials, which should not only permit isotropic and hysteresis‐free actuation (ie …

[HTML][HTML] A polymer-like ultrahigh-strength metal alloy

Z Xu, Y Ji, C Liu, L He, H Zhao, Y Yuan, Y Qian, J Cui… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Futuristic technologies such as morphing aircrafts and super-strong artificial muscles
depend on metal alloys being as strong as ultrahigh-strength steel yet as flexible as a …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutions of the microstructures and mechanical properties of TC18 titanium alloy processed by hot-rolling in β single-phase region

C Liu, J Gu, M Song - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, hot rolling treatment followed by water quenching was conducted on a TC18
titanium alloy in β single-phase region with varying reductions. Experimental evidences from …

Kinetic arrest of the first order austenite to martensite phase transition in : dc magnetization studies

VK Sharma, MK Chattopadhyay, SB Roy - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2007 - APS
We report results of dc magnetization studies focusing particularly on the austenite-
martensite phase transition in Ni 50 Mn 34 In 16. We show that the nature of this phase …

Coexistence of strain glass transition and martensitic transformation in highly nickel-rich ferroelastic alloy with large elastocaloric effect

C Lv, K Wang, B Wang, J Zheng, K Zhang, G Li, Y Lai… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Strain glass transition attracts increasing attention in ferroelastic alloys in the context that
martensitic transformation serves as the dominant mechanism for shape memory alloys …

Shape memory effect and superelasticity in a strain glass alloy

Y Wang, X Ren, K Otsuka - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
The shape memory effect and superelasticity are usually found in alloys exhibiting
spontaneous martensitic transformation. Thus it is hard to imagine that such interesting …