3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019
Origins of the transformability of Nickel-Titanium shape memory alloys
Xian Chen, Colin Ophus, Chengyu Song +7
The near equiatomic NiTi alloy is the most successful shape memory alloy by a large margin. It is widely and increasingly used in biomedical devices. Yet, despite having a repeatab…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018
Three-dimensional in situ characterization of phase transformation induced austenite grain refinement in nickel-titanium
Ashley N. Bucsek, Lee Casalena, Darren C. Pagan +4
Near-field and far-field high-energy diffraction microscopy and microcomputed tomography X-ray techniques were used to study a bulk single crystal nickel-titanium shape memory allo…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018
Ferroelastic twin reorientation mechanisms in shape memory alloys elucidated with 3D X-ray microscopy
Ashley N. Bucsek, Darren C. Pagan, L. Casalena +3
Three-dimensional (3D) X-ray diffraction methods were used to analyze the evolution of the load-induced rearrangements of monoclinic twin microstructures within bulk nickel-titaniu…