Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators: The role of material, form, and scaling effects

MS Kim, JK Heo, H Rodrigue, HT Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are smart materials that are widely used to create intelligent
devices because of their high energy density, actuation strain, and biocompatibility …

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys—challenges, applications, and experimental characterization

E Faran, D Shilo - Experimental Techniques, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMA) constitute a subgroup of shape memory alloys
(SMA) that also exhibit a ferromagnetic behavior. Due to the unique combination of large …

Paving the way towards Mn3O4 based energy storage systems

SG Sayyed, AV Shaikh, DP Dubal… - ES Energy & …, 2021 - espublisher.com
Manganese oxides are considerable promising electrode materials for the applications in
supercapacitors and batteries, due to its several oxidation states and environmental …

Ethanol sensing properties and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by Mn3O4, NiMn2O4 and alloys of Ni-manganates thin films

T Larbi, A Labidi, M Amlouk - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016 - Elsevier
This work highlights the sensitivity properties of thin films based on nickel manganese
oxides (Nisingle bondMnsingle bondO) which were grown by the spray pyrolysis technique …

Facile synthesis of solar light active spinel nickel manganite (NiMn2O4) by co-precipitation route for photocatalytic application

M John Abel, A Pramothkumar, V Archana… - Research on Chemical …, 2020 - Springer
The spinel nickel manganite (NiMn 2 O 4) nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully
synthesized through simple co-precipitation method, and their structural, optical …

Effects of nanoindents on the martensitic transformation of Ni-Mn-Ga shape-memory Heusler films: A study by high-resolution imaging as a function of temperature

MT Ghahfarokhi, F Casoli, C Minnert, S Bruns, E Bruder… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation was used to analyze the effect of localized plastic deformation on the
martensitic transformation of epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga films on MgO (001) substrate. Atomic and …

Effects of surface modifications on the fatigue life of unconstrained Ni-Mn-Ga single crystals in a rotating magnetic field

H Zhang, A Armstrong, P Müllner - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Long-term fatigue life during high-cycle magnetic-mechanical actuation is crucial to the
application of Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs). It has been reported …

Fatigue life and fracture mechanics of unconstrained Ni–Mn–Ga single crystals in a rotating magnetic field

T Lawrence, P Lindquist, K Ullakko, P Müllner - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fracture resistance and long fatigue life are required to commercialize Ni–Mn–Ga
ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. While Ni–Mn–Ga achieves high fatigue life at low …

Characterizing changes in grain growth, mechanical properties, and transformation properties in differently sintered and annealed binder-jet 3D printed 14M Ni–Mn …

A Acierno, A Mostafaei, J Toman, K Kimes, M Boin… - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ni–Mn–Ga Heusler alloys are multifunctional materials that demonstrate macroscopic strain
under an externally applied magnetic field through the motion of martensite twin boundaries …

[HTML][HTML] Localized deformation in Ni-Mn-Ga single crystals

PH Davis, CM Efaw, LK Patten, C Hollar… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The magnetomechanical behavior of ferromagnetic shape memory alloys such as Ni-Mn-Ga,
and hence the relationship between structure and nanoscale magnetomechanical …