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, Zhang, Xuexi, Dunand, David C., Schuh, Christopher A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69218
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-2682