Engineered colossal linear thermal expansion in nanocrystalline NiTi micropillars by stress

K Chu, Q Li, Q Sun, F Ren - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Materials with unusual large negative and positive thermal expansions are attractive for
applications in high-precision actuation and thermal expansion compensation. So far, such …

Interplanar Magnetic Orders and Symmetry-Tuned Zero Thermal Expansion in Kagomé Metal (Zr,Ta)Fe2

Y Cao, Y Xu, S Khmelevskyi, M Avdeev… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An alternative strategy was proposed for a family of kagomé metals (Zr, Ta) Fe2 to tailor
thermal expansion by utilizing thermodynamic phase stability rather than by conventionally …

Role of thermal expansion anisotropy on the elastocaloric effect of shape memory alloys with slim-hysteresis superelasticity

Q Li, A Ahadi, Y Onuki, Q Sun - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
We reveal the mixed-mode mechanism of elastocaloric effect in the course of slim-hysteresis
superelasticity in a severely deformed NiTi shape memory alloy with tailored …

Principal Preferred Orientation Evaluation of Steel Materials Using Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction

P Xu, S Zhang, S Harjo, SC Vogel, Y Tomota - Quantum Beam Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
Comprehensive information on in situ microstructural and crystallographic changes during
the preparation/manufacturing processes of various materials is highly necessary to …

Giant-thermal-expansion martensitic alloys for ultrahigh-efficiency solid-state heat-pumping

Q Li, Z Deng, A Ahadi, K Chu, J Yan, K Huang, S Hu… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Heating with less energy consumption and environmental impacts is a major challenge
confronting the world. Solid-state heat-pumping using phase-transitional materials offer a …