Grain size dependence of stress-assisted two-way memory effect in Ti-50.04 at.% Ni shape memory alloy

K Huang, H Yin, M Li, Q Sun - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
The grain size (GS) effects on stress-assisted two-way memory behavior of NiTi shape
memory alloys (SMAs) were investigated by thermomechanical actuation tests over a wide …

Effect of crystallographic anisotropy on phase transformation and tribological properties of Ni-rich NiTi shape memory alloy fabricated by LPBF

G Shi, L Li, Z Yu, P Sha, Q Cao, Z Xu, Y Liu… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article investigated the effects of crystallographic anisotropy on the microstructure,
phase transformation and tribological properties of NiTi Shape memory alloy (SMA) …

Multifunctional nanostructured NiTi alloy with Invar, Elinvar and Rinvar properties

Z Deng, Q Li, Y Onuki, Q Sun - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
A multifunctional NiTi alloy with Invar (dimension-invariant), Elinvar (elastic modulus-
invariant) and Rinvar (resistivity-invariant) properties over the temperature range from 125 K …

Finite-temperature interplay of structural stability, chemical complexity, and elastic properties of bcc multicomponent alloys from ab initio trained machine-learning …

K Gubaev, Y Ikeda, F Tasnádi, J Neugebauer… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
An active learning approach to train machine-learning interatomic potentials (moment tensor
potentials) for multicomponent alloys to ab initio data is presented. Employing this approach …

In-plane low thermal expansion of NiTi via controlled cross rolling

Q Li, Z Deng, Y Onuki, W Wang, L Li, Q Sun - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloy (SMA) sheets processed via unidirectional rolling (UniR) exhibit
macroscopic low thermal expansion (TE) over a wide temperature span but only along a …

Ordering-induced Elinvar effect over a wide temperature range in a spinodal decomposition titanium alloy

DL Gong, HL Wang, SH Hao, P Liu, X Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Temperature-independent elastic modulus is termed as Elinvar effect, which is available by
tuning the continuous spin transition of ferromagnetic alloys via composition optimization …

Tuning temperature coefficient of elastic modulus by heat treatment in a compositionally-modulated Ti-Nb-based alloy

D Gong, H Wang, Q Wang, S Li, K Lin, Y Wang, R Yang… - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Temperature coefficient of elastic modulus can be positive for metastable β phase in titanium
alloys whereas the precipitation of α phase from the β matrix phase results in a negative …

Tailoring thermal expansion of shape memory alloys through designed reorientation deformation

Q Li, Y Onuki, Q Sun - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Manipulating macroscopic linear thermal expansion (TE) through microstructure
engineering is emerging as a new research topic of shape memory alloys (SMAs). Here, we …

Evolution of elastic constants of the NiTi shape memory alloy during a stress-induced martensitic transformation

T Grabec, P Sedlák, K Zoubková, M Ševčík… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
We carried out an in situ ultrasonic characterization of a NiTi shape memory alloy polycrystal
subjected to pseudoplastic straining. The measurement leads to a full elastic tensor of the …

Large tunable thermal expansion in ferroelastic alloys by stress

LI Qiao, Y Onuki, A Ahadi, SUN Qingping - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Metallic materials inherently possess small coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE).
Engineering the CTEs of metals to achieve large values is demanded in many applications …