Shape memory and superelasticity in polycrystalline Cu-Al-Ni microwires

We report a strategy to significantly improve the ductility and achieve large superelastic and shape memory strains in polycrystalline Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys that are normally brittle. We use a liquid-phase (Taylor) wire forming process to obtain microwires of 10-150 μm diameter with a bamboo...

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Main Authors: Chen, Ying (Contributor), Zhang, Xuexi (Author), Dunand, David C. (Author), Schuh, Christopher A. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Institute of Physics, 2012-02-28T14:13:00Z.
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