Science news articles about 'shape memory alloys'

  • Shape Memory Alloys Conference SMST 2008 to be Held in Stresa, Italy

    ... conference devoted solely to applications of shape memory alloys will be held Sept. 21-25 ... . The International Conference is organized by the International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST), an Affiliate ...
  • Simulation-based matchmaking for shape memory alloys

    ... new shape memory alloy with up to now unprecedented functional stability was developed by researchers in Germany ... . From the new material, the researchers expect a stable shape memory effect and improved lifetime -- for example ...
  • Model analyzes shape-memory alloys for use in earthquake-resistant structures

    ... Institute of Technology, researchers are analyzing shape-memory alloys for their potential use in constructing seismic-resistant ... the world have been investigating the use of "smart" materials, such as shape-memory alloys, which can bounce back after experiencing large ...
  • Precision control of movement in robots

    ... and is sold in the form of wire. Magnetic shape memory alloys are ferromagnetic materials capable of withstanding ... that positioning devices manufactured with ferromagnetic shape memory alloys have the great advantage that, once suitably ...
  • Domain walls that conduct electricity

    ... polarized, having a preferred orientation of positive-negative electric charge. In ferroelastic materials – "shape-memory" alloys, for example – stress can cause a spontaneous ...
  • Design tool for materials with a memory

    ... a fully developed product. The characteristics of shape memory alloys are complex and therefore difficult to predict ... costs because the raw materials for the shape memory alloys are very expensive and are sometimes difficult ...
  • Smart memory foam made smarter

    ... 90 degrees, demonstrating "magnetic shape-memory." The alloy can be activated millions of times, and it deforms ... results may pave the way for magnetic shape-memory alloys for use in research labs and commercial applications ...
  • Slideshow: Mini robotic muscles

    ... researchers have found a new way to use shape-memory alloys — metals that change shape when heated — to create ... experimental actuators have used springs made from shape-memory alloys. But the new actuator is easier to manufacture ...
  • How shape-memory materials remember

    ... .org). The new research focused on a shape-memory alloy made up of nickel, manganese and tin ... atoms affect the alloy's behavior. By studying the way that composition affects a shape-memory material ...
  • New process promises to revolutionize manufacturing of products

    ... possible. Smart materials, also known as shape memory alloys, have been around for several decades and are well ... temperature at discrete temperatures, whereas in conventional shape memory technology this is limited to only one transformation temperature ...
  • Implant blood test: Shape memory alloys are biocompatible, new research shows

    A European team has demonstrated that modern technological materials used in a wide range of medical devices and implants are entirely biocompatible and should not health problems as has previously ...
  • Scientists develop new technology for stroke rehabilitation

    ... , which users said felt like they were holding something, a bit like catching a ball; and a 'shape memory alloy' device which has thermal properties and creates ...
  • Caterpillars inspire new movements in soft robots

    ... -bodied robot, called GoQBot, made out of silicone rubber and actuated by embedded shape memory alloy coils. It was named GoQBot as it forms ...
  • Carbon nanotube muscles generate giant twist for novel motors

    ... of muscle length is over a thousand times that of previous artificial muscles, which are based on ferroelectrics, shape memory alloys, or conducting organic polymers. The output ...
  • Can metals remember their shape at nanoscale, too?

    ... deformed once the strain on the material has been released. Only shape memory alloys, however, can return to their original ... from that in its interior, could explain the transition. Most of the prior work on shape memory materials was in macroscopic scale systems ...

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