scholarly journals Thin Films of AuCuAl Shape Memory Alloy for Use in Plasmonic Nano-actuators

2011 ◽  
Vol 1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Bhatia ◽  
Gordon Thorogood ◽  
Annette Dowd ◽  
Michael B. Cortie
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Β Phase

ABSTRACTWe describe the fabrication and structure of nanoscale thin films of β phase shape memory alloys with the nominal atomic stoichiometry Au7Cu5Al4 (corresponding to 5.8 wt% Al). These alloys possess properties that suggest they could be used in nanoscale actuators. The films described here are between 20 and 50 nm thick which is below the thickness at which some other shape memory alloys cease to transform. However, microstructural and X-ray studies confirm that the coatings still exhibit the displacive transformations that are a prerequisite for the shape memory effect.

Cold Bending a Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloy Wire

2015 ◽  
Vol 661 ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuang-Jau Fann ◽  
Pao Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Treatment Temperature ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Solution Treatment Temperature

Because of being in possession of shape memory effect and superelasticity, Ni-Ti shape memory alloys have earned more intense gaze on the next generation applications. Conventionally, Ni-Ti shape memory alloys are manufactured by hot forming and constraint aging, which need a capital-intensive investment. To have a cost benefit getting rid of plenty of die sets, this study is aimed to form Ni-Ti shape memory alloys at room temperature and to age them at elevated temperature without any die sets. In this study, starting with solution treatments at various temperatures, which served as annealing process, Ni-rich Ni-Ti shape memory alloy wires were bent by V-shaped punches in different curvatures at room temperature. Subsequently, the wires were aged at different temperatures to have shape memory effect. As a result, springback was found after withdrawing the bending punch and further after the aging treatment as well. A higher solution treatment temperature or a smaller bending radius leads to a smaller springback, while a higher aging treatment temperature made a larger springback. This springback may be compensated by bending the wires in further larger curvatures to keep the shape accuracy as designed. To explore the shape memory effect, a reverse bending test was performed. It shows that all bent wires after aging had a shape recovery rate above 96.3% on average.

Phase Transitions and Elementary Processes in Shape Memory Alloys

2015 ◽  
Vol 1101 ◽  
pp. 124-128
Author(s):  
Osman Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Martensitic Transformation ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Elementary Processes ◽  
Cooperative Movement ◽  
Β Phase

Shape memory effect is a peculiar property exhibited by certain alloy systems, and shape memory alloys are recognized to be smart materials. These alloys have important ability to recover the original shape of material after deformation, and they are used as shape memory elements in devices due to this property. The shape memory effect is facilitated by a displacive transformation known as martensitic transformation. Shape memory effect refers to the shape recovery of materials resulting from martensite to austenite transformation when heated above reverse transformation temperature after deforming in the martensitic phase. These alloys also cycle between two certain shapes with changing temperature.Martensitic transformations occur with cooperative movement of atoms by means of lattice invariant shears on a {110} - type plane of austenite matrix which is basal plane of martensite.Copper based alloys exhibit this property in metastable β-phase field. High temperature β-phase bcc-structures martensiticaly undergo the non-conventional structures following two ordered reactions on cooling, and structural changes in nanoscale level govern this transition cooling. Atomic movements are also confined to interatomic lengths due to the diffusionless character of martensitic transformation.

Conventional Plasticity Constitutive Model for Shape Memory Alloys

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 469-473
Author(s):  
Hai Tao Li ◽  
Xiang He Peng
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Numerical Algorithm ◽  
Individual Behavior ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
The Individual

A two-phase constitutive model for shape memory alloys (SMAs) is proposed based on the fact that SMAs is dynamically composed of austenite and martensite. The behavior of SMAs is regarded as the dynamic combination of the individual behavior of each phase. This model can describe the main characteristics of SMAs, such as pseudoelasticity and shape memory effect. The corresponding numerical algorithm was also developed to describe the main features of shape memory alloy Au-47.5at.%Cd.

Behavio of Supeaplastically Extruded Cu-26wt%Zn–3.5wt%Al Shape Memory Alloy

1990 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Zhengyt ◽  
Zhcng Weijian ◽  
Lin Fuzeng ◽  
Chew Yingsheng
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Heat Treated

ABSTRACTThe influence of superplastic extrusion on the microstructures and the shape memory effect of the Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloys has been investigated. The shape memory alloy Cu-26%wt%Zn-3.5wt%Al is superplastio with an index of strain rate sensitivity n = 0.48 at 600°C, at a strain of . After extrusion under the superplastio condition the miorostruotures are improved and no cavities are observed. The superplastically extruded specimens of this alloy were heat-treated to obtain the shape memory effect. These specimens indicate that no deterioration of shape memory effect of the alloy is induced by the superplastio extrusion and the shape memory effect of the alloy is somewhat improved.

Investigation of the Kinetic of a Bainitic Reaction upon Heating in a CuAlNiMn and a CuAlNiMnFe Shape Memory Alloy

2013 ◽  
Vol 752 ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marton Benke ◽  
Valéria Mertinger ◽  
Peter Barkoczy
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
One Stage ◽  
Shape Memory Behaviour ◽  
Memory Characteristics

The examination of solid state processes leading to the degradation of the shape memory behaviour is essential with respect to the suitability of shape memory alloys. Besides degradation processes occurring during relatively long periods of time called ageing, bainitic reactions that suddenly degrade the shape memory behaviour were also observed in many Cu-based shape memory alloys. The mechanisms and effects of the bainitic reactions on the shape memory characteristics were investigated in many Cu-based systems, but the kinetic of the reaction was not examined so far. In the present paper, an examination was carried out on a CuAlNiMn and a CuAlNiMnFe shape memory alloy to reveal what kinetic model describes the bainitic reaction occurring and thus completely destroying the shape memory effect during one stage of heating.

Unexpected Constrained Twin Hierarchy in Equiatomic Ru-Based High Temperature Shape Memory Alloy Martensite

2013 ◽  
Vol 738-739 ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Vermaut ◽  
Anna Manzoni ◽  
Anne Denquin ◽  
Frédéric Prima ◽  
Richard Portier
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Martensitic Transformation ◽  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Martensitic Transformations ◽  
Single Transition

Among the different systems for high temperature shape memory alloys (SMA’s), equiatomic RuNb and RuTa alloys demonstrate both shape memory effect (SME) and MT temperatures above 800°C. Equiatomic compounds undergo two successive martensitic transformations, β (B2) → β’ (tetragonal) → β’’ (monoclinic), whereas out of stoechiometry alloys exhibit a single transition from cubic to tetragonal. In the case of two successive martensitic transformations, we expect to have a finer microstructure of the second martensite because it is supposed to develop inside the smallest twin elements of the former one. In equiatomic Ru-based alloys, if the first martensitic transformation is “normal”, the second one gives different unexpected microstructures with, for instance, twins with a thickness which is larger than the smallest spacing between twin variants of the first martensite. In fact, the reason for this unexpected hierarchy of the twins size is that the second martensitic transformation takes place in special conditions: geometrically, elastically and crystallographically constrained.

The Role of Twinned and Detwinned Structures on Memory Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloys

2015 ◽  
Vol 1105 ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Parent Phase ◽  
Martensitic Transformations ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Finish Temperature ◽  
Β Phase

Shape memory alloys have a peculiar property to return to a previously defined shape or dimension when they are subjected to variation of temperature. Shape memory effect is facilitated by martensitic transformation governed by changes in the crystalline structure of the material. Martensitic transformations are first order lattice-distorting phase transformations and occur with the cooperative movement of atoms by means of lattice invariant shears in the materials on cooling from high temperature parent phase region. The material cycles between the deformed and original shapes on cooling and heating in reversible shape memory effect. Thermal induced martensite occurs as twinned martensite, and the twinned martensite structures turn into detwinned structures by deforming the material in the martensitic condition. Deformation of shape memory alloys in martensitic state proceeds through a martensite variant reorientation. The deformed material recovers the original shape on first heating over the austenite finish temperature in reversible and irreversible shape memory cases. Meanwhile, the parent phase structure returns to the twinned structure in irreversible shape memory effect on cooling below to martensite finish temperature and to the detwinned structure in reversible shape memory effect. Therefore, the twinning and detwinning processes have great importance in the shape memory behaviour of the materials. Copper based alloys exhibit this property in metastable β-phase region, which has bcc-based structures at high temperature parent phase field, and these structures martensitically turn into layered complex structures with lattice twinning following two ordered reactions on cooling.

Effect of Nb Content on Superelastic Properties of Biomedical Ti–Zr-Based Shape Memory Alloys

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1394-1398
Author(s):  
Shuanglei Li ◽  
Mi-Seon Choi ◽  
Tae-Hyun Nam
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Test ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Arc Melting ◽  
Nb Content

Ti–18Zr–xNb–2Sn (x = 10, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5) (at.%) shape memory alloys were fabricated by arc melting then phase constitutions and superelastic properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and tensile test at various temperatures between 178 K and 413 K. Excellent superelasticity was observed in 12.5Nb alloy at temperatures between 258 K and 298 K. Both superelasticity and shape memory effect were observed in 12Nb alloy at temperatures between 233 K and 383 K. Only shape memory effect was observed in 11Nb and 11.5Nb alloys at temperatures between 298 K and 383 K. 12.5Nb and 12Nb alloys consisted of the main β phase and athermal ω. The amount of β phase decreased with increasing Nb content. 10Nb alloy consisted of main α″ martensite and a small amount of β phase. The Ms temperature measured from the Clausius–Clapeyron relationship decreased greatly with increasing Nb content (100 K/at.% Nb) in these Ti–Zr–Nb–Sn alloys.

Thermomechanical Forming of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Wire

2014 ◽  
Vol 939 ◽  
pp. 430-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuang Jau Fann ◽  
Hau Chi Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Shape Memory Effect ◽  
Memory Effect ◽  
Niti Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Processing Temperature ◽  
Shape Memory Alloy Wire ◽  
Alloy Wire ◽  
Niti Shape Memory Alloys

Because of their smart characteristics with shape memory effect and superelasticity, NiTi shape memory alloys used in sensors and actuators are regarded as an emerging applied material with high added value by their additional biomedical compatibility for medical devices and implants. It is meaningful to pay more attention to study the production technique of NiTi shape memory alloys. For this reason, this article is aimed to investigate the results of a NiTi shape memory alloy wire in thermomechanical forming process regarding the processing temperature and duration. Thereafter a NiTi shape memory alloy wire of 0.63 mm in diameter is formed in a furnace at 450°C, 500°C, 550°C, and 600°C, respectively, by a semi cylindrical punch of 32 mm in diameter, then held together with the die set in the furnace for 10, 30, and 50 minutes long, respectively, and then quenched in the water. All of the formed wires have shape memory effect. That is, the wires returned their formed geometry once they were straightened below martensite transformation finishing temperature about room temperature and heated again above austenite transformation finishing temperature about 70°C. These thermomechanical forming processes were also investigated by commercial finite element software DEFORM. Both analytical and experimental results showed that the formed wires could not have the geometry precision as wanted because of stress relaxation found in process, which depends on the process temperature and the treatment duration. As a result, the lower the temperature and the shorter the duration is, the larger the springback is. That means that the higher the treatment temperature is and the longer the holding time is, the better the precision of the formed part is.

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