Actuator Applications with Single-Crystals of Cu-Zn-Al Shape Memory Alloy

1996 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Yawny ◽  
M. Sade ◽  
F. C. Lovey
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Load Level ◽  
Cycle Number ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Friction Temperature ◽  
Response To Temperature ◽  
Thermostatic Device ◽  
Experimental Stage

ABSTRACTIn the present work the use of single-crystals of Cu-Zn-Al Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) in actuator applications is analyzed. The actuator considered here, a device capable of doing work in response to temperature changes, is based on a single-crystal nucleus of a Cu-Zn-Al SMA coupled to a conventional spring that represents the load to be displaced. A special experimental stage was designed for performing controlled thermal cycles under load. In this way the effects of different parameters (cycle number, friction, temperature range, load level) on the actuator behavior can be studied. From the results obtained, the use of a single-crystal of an SMA in a thermostatic device is analyzed and compared with the commercial wax actuator performance.

Micro pulling down growth of very thin shape memory alloys single crystals

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 1740003 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. López-Ferreño ◽  
J. San Juan ◽  
T. Breczewski ◽  
G. A. López ◽  
M. L. Nó
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Cylindrical Shape ◽  
Minimum Diameter ◽  
Wide Range

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have attracted much attention in the last decades due to their thermo-mechanical properties such as superelasticity and shape memory effect. Among the different families of SMAs, Cu–Al–Ni alloys exhibit these properties in a wide range of temperatures including the temperature range of 100–200[Formula: see text]C, where there is a technological demand of these functional materials, and exhibit excellent behavior at small scale making them more competitive for applications in Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). However, polycrystalline alloys of Cu-based SMAs are very brittle so that they show their best thermo-mechanical properties in single-crystal state. Nowadays, conventional Bridgman and Czochralski methods are being applied to elaborate single-crystal rods up to a minimum diameter of 1[Formula: see text]mm, but no works have been reported for smaller diameters. With the aim of synthesizing very thin single-crystals, the Micro-Pulling Down ([Formula: see text]-PD) technique has been applied, for which the capillarity and surface tension between crucible and the melt play a critical role. The [Formula: see text]-PD method has been successfully applied to elaborate several cylindrical shape thin single-crystals down to 200[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m in diameter. Finally, the martensitic transformation, which is responsible for the shape memory properties of these alloys, has been characterized for different single-crystals. The experimental results evidence the good quality of the grown single-crystals.

THE USE OF SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOYS FOR MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION

2009 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
LLUÍS MAÑOSA ◽  
ANTONI PLANES ◽  
EDUARD VIVES ◽  
ERELL BONNOT ◽  
RICARDO ROMERO
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Large Temperature ◽  
Martensitic Transition ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Entropy Changes ◽  
Elastocaloric Effect ◽  
Different Temperatures

This letter reports on stress–strain experiments on a Cu – Zn – Al single crystal performed using a purpose-built tensile device which enables the load applied to the specimen to be controlled while elongation is continuously monitored. From the measured isothermal tensile curves, the stress-induced entropy changes are obtained at different temperatures. These data quantify the elastocaloric effect associated with the martensitic transition in shape-memory alloys. The large temperature changes estimated for this effect, suggest the possibility of using shape-memory alloys as mechanical refrigerators.

Anisotropy of Cu-Based Shape Memory Alloys In Tension/Compression Thermomechanical Loads

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sˇittner ◽  
V. Nova´k
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloy ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Strain Response ◽  
Compression Stress ◽  
Crystal Anisotropy ◽  
Load Axis ◽  
Thermomechanical Cycle ◽  
Dependent Strain

Tension/compression thermomechanical experiments were performed on oriented CuAlNi shape memory alloy single crystals and CuAlZnMn single and polycrystals. Response of the single crystals in thermomechanical loads was strongly anisotropic, dependent on the orientation of the load axis and sense of the load. Tension/compression stress-temperature diagrams were constructed from experimentally determined transformation stresses and temperatures. It was shown that the history dependent strain response of the single crystal in a complex tension/compression thermomechanical cycle could be predicted from the diagram. Thermomechanical behaviors of the CuAlZnMn polycrystal under tension/compression were reported and discussed on the basis of the knowledge of the single crystal anisotropy.

The observation of defects on (100) CdTe surfaces by chemical etching

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1424-1425
Author(s):  
M.E. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Chemical Etching ◽  
Crystalline Perfection ◽  
Crystalline Defects ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Crystallographic Defects ◽  
Cdznte Substrates ◽  
Device Technology

The crystalline perfection of bulk CdTe substrates plays an important role in their use in infrared device technology. The application of chemical etchants to determine crystal polarity or the density and distribution of crystallographic defects in (100) CdTe is not well understood. The lack of data on (100) CdTe surfaces is a result of the apparent difficulty in growing (100) CdTe single crystal substrates which is caused by a high incidence of twinning. Many etchants have been reported to predict polarity on one or both (111) CdTe planes but are considered to be unsuitable as defect etchants. An etchant reported recently has been considered to be a true defect etchant for CdTe, MCT and CdZnTe substrates. This etchant has been reported to reveal crystalline defects such as dislocations, grain boundaries and inclusions in (110) and (111) CdTe. In this study the effect of this new etchant on (100) CdTe surfaces is investigated.The single crystals used in this study were (100) CdTe as-cut slices (1mm thickness) from Bridgman-grown ingots.

Cu-AI based single crystal shape memory actuators and drives

2003 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 1181-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Vahhi ◽  
S. Pulnev ◽  
A. Priadko
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Crystal Shape ◽  
Shape Memory Actuators

Mounting an individual submicrometer sized single crystal

1996 ◽  
Vol 211 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Neder ◽  
M. Burghammer ◽  
Th. Grasl ◽  
H. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Nanometer Resolution ◽  
Micro Manipulator ◽  
Scanning Electron

AbstractWe developed a new micro manipulator for mounting individual sub-micrometer sized single crystals within a scanning electron microscope. The translations are realized via a commercially available piezomicroscope, adapted for high vacuum usage and realize nanometer resolution. With this novel instrument it is routinely possible to mount individual single crystals with sizes down to 0.1

Study of potential oscillations during reaction of an aluminium single crystal with an aqueous KOH solution

1990 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Halaša ◽  
Milica Miadoková
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Periodic Potential ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Potential Oscillations ◽  
Dilute Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Kinetics Of

The authors investigated periodic potential changes measured on oriented sections of Al single crystals during spontaneous dissolution in dilute aqueous solutions of KOH, with the aim to find optimum conditions for the formation of potential oscillations. It was found that this phenomenon is related with the kinetics of the reaction investigated, whose rate also changed periodically. The mechanism of the oscillations is discussed in view of the experimental findings.

Measurement of growth rates for single crystals and pressed tablets of CuSO4.5 H2O on a rotating disc

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 2951-2961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloslav Karel ◽  
Jaroslav Nývlt
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Preferred Orientation ◽  
Rotating Disc ◽  
Dissolution Rates ◽  
Rates Of Growth ◽  
Good Agreement

Measured growth and dissolution rates of single crystals and tablets were used to calculate the overall linear rates of growth and dissolution of CuSO4.5 H2O crystals. The growth rate for the tablet is by 20% higher than that calculated for the single crystal. It has been concluded that this difference is due to a preferred orientation of crystal faces on the tablet surface. Calculated diffusion coefficients and thicknesses of the diffusion and hydrodynamic layers in the vicinity of the growing or dissolving crystal are in good agreement with published values.

scholarly journals Single Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of Pyroxene CoGeO3

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Li Zhao ◽  
Zhiwei Hu ◽  
Hanjie Guo ◽  
Christoph Geibel ◽  
Hong-Ji Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Crystal Growth ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Single Crystal Growth ◽  
The Impact

We report on the synthesis and physical properties of cm-sized CoGeO3 single crystals grown in a high pressure mirror furnace at pressures of 80 bar. Direction dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements on our single crystals reveal highly anisotropic magnetic properties that we attribute to the impact of strong single ion anisotropy appearing in this system with TN∼33.5 K. Furthermore, we observe effective magnetic moments that are exceeding the spin only values of the Co ions, which reveals the presence of sizable orbital moments in CoGeO3.

scholarly journals Growth of sillenite Bi12FeO20 single crystals: structural, thermal, optical, photocatalytic features and first principle calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Durga Sankar Vavilapalli ◽  
Ambrose A. Melvin ◽  
F. Bellarmine ◽  
Ramanjaneyulu Mannam ◽  
Srihari Velaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Lattice Parameter ◽  
First Principle ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
First Principle Calculations ◽  
Photodegradation Efficiency

AbstractIdeal sillenite type Bi12FeO20 (BFO) micron sized single crystals have been successfully grown via inexpensive hydrothermal method. The refined single crystal X-ray diffraction data reveals cubic Bi12FeO20 structure with single crystal parameters. Occurrence of rare Fe4+ state is identified via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The lattice parameter (a) and corresponding molar volume (Vm) of Bi12FeO20 have been measured in the temperature range of 30–700 °C by the X-ray diffraction method. The thermal expansion coefficient (α) 3.93 × 10–5 K−1 was calculated from the measured values of the parameters. Electronic structure and density of states are investigated by first principle calculations. Photoelectrochemical measurements on single crystals with bandgap of 2 eV reveal significant photo response. The photoactivity of as grown crystals were further investigated by degrading organic effluents such as Methylene blue (MB) and Congo red (CR) under natural sunlight. BFO showed photodegradation efficiency about 74.23% and 32.10% for degrading MB and CR respectively. Interesting morphology and microstructure of pointed spearhead like BFO crystals provide a new insight in designing and synthesizing multifunctional single crystals.

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