A Review on NiTiCu Shape Memory Alloys: Manufacturing and Characterizations

Abstract

ARTICLE INFOShape memory alloys have the thermoelastic phase transformation, known as shape memory characteristics, which make them be used in wide technological applications compared to other alloys. Ni-Ti based SMAs compared to the other families have more applications especially in the biomedical field since they have high biocompatibility, high strain recovery, flexibility, and antirust. In this work, the studies conducted for NiTiCu SMAs were reviewed. Additionally, different manufacturing techniques used by researchers have been explained. Different characteristics of the alloys have been clarified and compared with some other families.

Effect of Heat Treatment on Some Thermodynamics Analysis, Crystal and Microstructures of Cu-Al-X (X: Nb, Hf) Shape Memory Alloy

“…The most commonly used shape memory alloys today are copper-based ones because they are less costly than nickel-based ones [4]. The reason why shape memory alloys have gained importance in recent years is that they are advanced functional smart materials [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Smart materials are materials whose chemical composition and physical state change [11,12].…”