Size effects on magnetic actuation in Ni‐Mn‐Ga shape‐memory alloys

DC Dunand, P Müllner - Advanced Materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The off‐stoichiometric Ni2MnGa Heusler alloy is a magnetic shape‐memory alloy
capable of reversible magnetic‐field‐induced strains (MFIS). These are generated by twin …

A brief review of stimulus-active polymers responsive to thermal, light, magnetic, electric, and water/solvent stimuli

H Meng, J Hu - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Stimulus-active polymers can vary their shapes (configuration or dimension) or produce
mechanical power in response to external stimuli such as heat, electricity, light, magnetic …

4D Printing of Magneto‐Thermo‐Responsive PLA/PMMA/Fe3O4 Nanocomposites with Superior Shape Memory and Remote Actuation

H Doostmohammadi, M Baniassadi… - Macromolecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the development and 4D printing of magnetic shape memory polymers
(MSMPs) utilizing a composite of polylactic acid (PLA), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) …

Shape-memory polymer composites

SA Madbouly, A Lendlein - Shape-memory polymers, 2010 - Springer
The development of shape-memory polymer composites (SMPCs) enables high recovery
stress levels as well as novel functions such as electrical conductivity, magnetism, and …

The rise of phosphate ester exchange in developing dynamic covalent networks: Advances and challenges

K Deng, X Feng, H Yang, C Yan - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional thermosetting plastics are composed of permanent covalent crosslinked
networks, which contribute to plastic waste issues that contradict the principles of …

Review of magnetic shape memory polymers and magnetic soft materials

SJM van Vilsteren, H Yarmand, S Ghodrat - Magnetochemistry, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnetic soft materials (MSMs) and magnetic shape memory polymers (MSMPs) have been
some of the most intensely investigated newly developed material types in the last decade …

Magnetic field-induced twin boundary motion in polycrystalline Ni–Mn–Ga fibres

N Scheerbaum, O Heczko, J Liu, D Hinz… - New Journal of …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic field-induced twin boundary motion leading to large magnetic field-induced strain
of∼ 1.0% was established in polycrystalline Ni 50.9 Mn 27.1 Ga 22.0 (at.%) fibres at room …

[HTML][HTML] DMA testing of Ni–Mn–Ga/polymer composites

M Lahelin, I Aaltio, O Heczko, O Söderberg… - Composites Part A …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ni–Mn–Ga/polymer composites are an interesting group of materials with new potential for
applications such as vibration damping. Polymer selection is critical for Ni–Mn–Ga/polymer …

NiMn‐based alloys and composites for magnetically controlled dampers and actuators

J Liu, N Scheerbaum… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
As a new class of magnetically driven active materials, magnetic shape memory (MSM)
alloys show large strains of up to 10% in Ni2MnGa single crystal with a modulated …

Actuation of light-activated shape memory polymer laminated beams: theory and experiment

D Guo, H Li, Y Deng, H Tzou - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
A new light-activated shape memory polymer (LaSMP) exhibits great potentials in actuator
application because of its adaptiveness, reconfigurableness and wireless non-contact …