Smart materials are an interesting field that is growing quickly, and shape memory alloys (SMAs) are one such materials that represent one of the most exciting areas. An SMA can experience ...

The unique properties of shape-memory alloys such as nitinol have lent themselves to a variety of applications across numerous industries, including medical devices. These common shape-memory alloys, ...

A team of researchers has discovered that the Mg-Sc alloy shows shape memory properties. Shape memory alloys (SMAs) show distinctive behaviors such as shape recovery upon heating and have a ...

The magnetic shape memory effect can be used for designing actuators where the element elongates based on the presence of a magnetic field. The elongation can be reversed fully either by the ...

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) possess the functional properties of shape memory and superelastic effects. They are therefore used in many engineering and biomedical applications. In the field of medicine ...

This Collection welcomes original research on shape memory alloys, with a focus on their synthesis, structural and functional characterisation, and emerging applications. Shape memory alloys (SMAs) ...

Researchers used an Artificial Intelligence Materials Selection framework (AIMS) to discover a new shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy showed the highest efficiency during operation achieved ...

The use of shape memory alloys to manufacture implantable medical devices represents a high-growth portion of the medical materials market today. The ability of these specialized alloys to expand or ...

Josiah Cherian Chekotu, PhD Researcher based at Dublin City University, aims to reduce carbon emissions within the cooling and refrigeration industry through additively manufactured novel shape memory ...

Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Engineering Future (DMREF) Program, researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A ...

NEWARK, DE / ACCESSWIRE / February 1, 2023 / The India shape memory alloy market is anticipated to reach a valuation of US$ 286.7 million by the end of the assessment period. Significant traction from ...