Grain boundary and dislocation strengthening of nanocrystalline NiTi for stable elastocaloric cooling

H Lin, P Hua, K Huang, Q Li, Q Sun - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
We fabricate a nanocrystalline NiTi with an average grain size of 31 nm and high-density
(4.7× 10 15 m− 2) dislocations via cold rolling (38% thickness reduction) and annealing …

Effects of grain size and partial amorphization on elastocaloric cooling performance of nanostructured NiTi

H Lin, P Hua, Q Sun - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
We fabricate three polycrystalline superelastic NiTi samples with average grain sizes of 110,
60, 35 nm and one crystalline-amorphous NiTi nanocomposite sample to investigate their …

Altered phase transformation behaviors and enhanced bending shape memory property of NiTi shape memory alloy via selective laser melting

HZ Lu, HW Ma, WS Cai, X Luo, SG Qu, J Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Selective laser melting (SLM) of NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) was studied
systematically for the resulting density and surface roughness. It was found that high laser …

Low-fatigue and large room-temperature elastocaloric effect in a bulk Ti49. 2Ni40. 8Cu10 alloy

P Dang, F Ye, Y Zhou, L Ding, J Pang, L Zhang, X Ding… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Large-scale applications of elastocaloric cooling demand bulk materials showing both large
adiabatic temperature change (Δ T ad) and low-fatigue characteristics at room temperature …

Superelasticity and elastocaloric effect of Ti-rich TiNi shape memory ribbon

Y Cheng, YY Ting, CH Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract As-spun Ti-rich Ti 50.9 Ni 48.9 Si 0.2 ribbon showed recoverable superelastic strain
of 4.5%, which was associated with elastocaloric cooling of 11.3 K. Cyclic superelastic tests …

Improving the functional stability of TiNi-based shape memory alloy by multi-principal element design

NH Lu, CH Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the evolutions of the superelasticity and elastocaloric effect of a multi-
principal element Ti 40 Zr 10 Ni 40 Co 5 Cu 5 strain glass alloy during 3001 cyclic …

Tailoring Grain Size and Precipitation via Aging for Improved Elastocaloric Stability in a Cold-Rolled (Ni, Cu)-Rich Ti–Ni–Cu Alloy

P Dang, Y Zhou, X Ding, J Sun, T Lookman… - Shape Memory and …, 2023 - Springer
Critical challenges remain in applying shape memory alloys to solid-state refrigeration. In
particular, addressing the degradation of elastocaloric response during repetitive loading is …

[HTML][HTML] A Review of Additively Manufactured Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys

Q Sun, X Tan, M Ding, B Cao, T Iwamoto - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs), traditionally manufactured, are favored in
engineering applications owing to their cost-effectiveness and ease of fabrication. However …

Compressive stress-induced martensitic transformation and elastocaloric effect in Cu-Al-Mn single-crystal alloy

NH Lu, CH Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the strain distribution and elastocaloric effect during compression of a
superelastic [116]-oriented single-crystal Cu–Al–Mn shape memory alloy were investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Significant improvement in the thermal cycling stability of Ni44. 8Ti45. 8Hf5Cu5 shape memory alloy by high pressure torsion and post-deformation annealing

S Baradari, N Resnina, S Belyaev, E Prokofiev… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
A newly developed quaternary Ni 44.8 Cu 5 Ti 45.2 Hf 5 shape memory alloy (SMA) was
processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) for five turns under a pressure of 6 GPa at room …