Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The special collection of peer reviewed papers tends to present to the reader recent advances in martensitic transformations; thermodynamics and kinetics of martensitic transformations; crystal structure, texture and defects in materials with martensitic transformations; mechanical behavior, shape memory effect, pseudoelasticity and other functional properties in TiNi-based alloys, Cu-based alloys, Fe-based and other alloys; magnetic shape memory alloys; non-metallic materials; theory and modeling of mechanical and functional properties; martensitic transformations in nanostructured alloys; medical applications and technological applications.

Materials Science and Engineering Technology (ISMSET)

Edited by: Gary Yang

Online since: January 2012

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
These 40 peer-reviewed papers, selected from those presented at the International Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering Technology (ISMSET2011), held on the 12-13 November 2011 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), cover a wide array of topics related to materials science and applied mechanics and will serve as an invaluable guide to the latest progress made in these fields.

Mechanical Properties of Solids XI

Edited by: Nicolás de la Rosa Fox

Online since: December 2009

Description: This special collection on the Mechanical Properties of Solids gives an accurate picture, of the distribution of current research, from the viewpoint of the mechanical properties of solids.

Shape Memory Materials and their Applications

Edited by: Y.Y. Chu and L.C. Zhao

Online since: May 2002

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies and Shape Memory Materials (SMST-SMM 2001) which was held in Kunming, China, on the 2-6 September, 2001. This built on the SMST and SMM international conference series; thus making the present conference more international, and fostering a lively cross-fertilization which could only promote developments in both materials themselves and in their applications. The proceedings comprise 131 papers which cover all aspects of shape memory materials (SMM), and the application of shape memory and superelastic technologies (SMST). The main topics covered are: - Medical applications of Nitinol, and related issues concerning its bio-performance and surface modification, as well as industrial applications of NiTi-, Cu- and Fe-based shape memory alloys.

Shape Memory Materials

Edited by: Toshio Saburi

Online since: January 2000

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This book reviews recent developments in the field of shape memory materials, which are becoming more and more important as 'smart (intelligent)' materials. The fundamental principles and properties are discussed, as well as the associated experimental and processing methods. Special emphasis is placed on the present, and potential future, applications of SMMs.
Superelastic wires are already being used for the antennae of cellular phones, and medical stents and guide wires promise to become big business as well. Rapid progress is also being made in fundamental aspects, such as the kinetics of martensitic transformations, premartensitic behavior, aging problems, thin-film SMA, etc. Moreover, new experimental techniques are becoming available: such as imaging plane, TEM with energy filter, AFM, grazing-angle x-ray reflection, etc.