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Designing for Shape Memory in Additive Manufacturing of Cu–Al–Ni Shape Memory Alloy Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
(MDPI, 2022-09-09)
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are functional materials that are being applied in practically all industries, from aerospace to biomedical sectors, and at present the scientific and technologic communities are looking to gain ...
Thermal Stability of Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films Obtained by Nanometer Multilayer Deposition
(MDPI, 2023-09-21)
Cu-Al-Ni is a high-temperature shape memory alloy (HTSMA) with exceptional thermomechanical properties, making it an ideal active material for engineering new technologies able to operate at temperatures up to 200 °C. ...
Temperature-Dependent Anisotropic Refractive Index in β-Ga2O3: Application in Interferometric Thermometers
(MDPI, 2023-03-21)
An accurate knowledge of the optical properties of β-Ga2O3 is key to developing the full potential of this oxide for photonics applications. In particular, the dependence of these properties on temperature is still being ...
Influence of Nb on Ti Diffusion in Gamma-TiAl Intermetallics Studied by Mechanical Spectroscopy
(Elsevier, 2021-01-25)
The development of intermetallic titanium aluminides has been driven by the aeronautic and aerospace industries because of the excellent mechanical properties and low density of gamma-TiAl based alloys. Up to now, several ...
High-temperature microstructure evolution of an advanced intermetallic nano-lamellar γ-TiAl-based alloy and associated diffusion processes
(Elsevier, 2023-12)
Nano-lamellar advanced γ-TiAl based alloys doped with small amounts of C and Si are being developed to improve the creep resistance in order to increase the performances of this kind of alloys applied in the low-pressure ...
Dry reforming of methane over sub-stoichiometric NiAl2O4-mediated Ni/Al2O3 catalysts
(Elsevier, 2023-10-31)
A series of Ni/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared from substoichiometric NiAl2O4 precursors (Ni/Al molar ratio between 0.5 and 0.05) were examined for the dry reforming of methane. The calcined spinel precursors and the ...
Internal friction associated with ε martensite in shape memory steels produced by casting route and through additive manufacturing: Influence of thermal cycling on the martensitic transformation
(Elsevier, 2022-10)
Among the different families of shape memory alloys (SMA), the Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni alloys have attracted a renewed interest because of its low cost, high corrosion resistance and high recovery strength during the shape memory ...
Additive Manufacturing of Fe-Mn-Si-Based Shape Memory Alloys: State of the Art, Challenges and Opportunities
(MDPI, 2023-12-05)
Additive manufacturing (AM) constitutes the new paradigm in materials processing and its use on metals and alloys opens new unforeseen possibilities, but is facing several challenges regarding the design of the microstructure, ...