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 …

[HTML][HTML] Metal vaporization and its influence during laser powder bed fusion process

J Liu, P Wen - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a key metal additive manufacturing process and has
attracted increasing attention both in academia and industry. An essential physical issue …

Laser powder bed fusion of defect-free NiTi shape memory alloy parts with superior tensile superelasticity

L Xue, KC Atli, C Zhang, N Hite, A Srivastava, AC Leff… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion is a promising additive manufacturing technique for the fabrication
of NiTi shape memory alloy parts with complex geometries that are otherwise difficult to …

Stable tensile recovery strain induced by a Ni4Ti3 nanoprecipitate in a Ni50. 4Ti49. 6 shape memory alloy fabricated via selective laser melting

HZ Lu, HW Ma, WS Cai, X Luo, Z Wang, CH Song… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
We report a stable tensile recovery strain induced by a Ni 4 Ti 3 nanoprecipitate in a Ni 50.4
Ti 49.6 shape memory alloy (SMA) fabricated via selective laser melting (SLM), followed by …

Thermodynamics-guided alloy and process design for additive manufacturing

Z Sun, Y Ma, D Ponge, S Zaefferer, EA Jägle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In conventional processing, metals go through multiple manufacturing steps including
casting, plastic deformation, and heat treatment to achieve the desired property. In additive …

Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloys: a review

S Wei, J Zhang, L Zhang, Y Zhang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
NiTi alloys have drawn significant attentions in biomedical and aerospace fields due to their
unique shape memory effect (SME), superelasticity (SE), damping characteristics, high …

Additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloy for biomedical applications: review of the LPBF process ecosystem

K Safaei, H Abedi, M Nematollahi, F Kordizadeh… - Jom, 2021 - Springer
NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) are used in a broad range of biomedical applications
because of their unique properties including biocompatibility and high corrosion and wear …

Process-microstructure-properties of CuAlNi shape memory alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

Y Zhang, L Xu, L Zhao, D Lin, M Liu, X Qi… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cu-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) show great potential in the application of high
temperature, but their performance improvement combining with additive manufacturing is …

Micro laser powder bed fusion of NiTi alloys with superior mechanical property and shape recovery function

Z Xiong, H Li, H Yang, Y Yang, Y Liu, L Cui, X Li… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro laser powder bed fusion (µ-LPBF) additive manufacturing presents enormous
potential in fabricating complex metallic micro-components (ie the component with a feature …

Additive manufacturing: an opportunity for the fabrication of near-net-shape NiTi implants

MS Safavi, A Bordbar-Khiabani, J Khalil-Allafi… - … of Manufacturing and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nickel–titanium (NiTi) is a shape-memory alloy, a type of material whose name is derived
from its ability to recover its original shape upon heating to a certain temperature. NiTi falls …