Shape Memory Materials: Processing, Properties, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shape memory alloys (NiTi, NiTi-based, Fe-based SMAs); laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and metal additive manufacturing; process–structure–property–performance relationships; densification and defect evolution (porosity/cracking); in-situ thermal control and rescanning strategies; phase transformation behavior (DSC/XRD); EBSD-based microstructure/texture analysis; superelasticity and functional fatigue; post-processing heat treatments; qualification, repeatability, and machine transferability in AM
Interests: additive manufacturing; fatigue and fracture mechanics; shape memory alloys; medical devices; computational mechanics
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Interests: laser powder bed fusion and binder jetting of structural (Ni and stainless steel), shape memory (Ni-Mn-based alloys), light alloys (Al and Ti), biomaterials (Co-Cr and Ti), and composite materials; process parameter optimization, microstructure evolution and post-treatment; data analytics in metal additive manufacturing; micro-computed tomography and synchrotron dynamic X-ray radiography; electrochemical and high-temperature corrosion behavior of additively manufactured parts
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Shape memory materials—including shape memory alloys, polymers, and hybrid composites—enable unique functional responses such as shape recovery, superelasticity, and adaptive actuation. Rapid advances in fabrication (e.g., additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, thin films, and advanced polymer processing) and post-processing (heat treatments, thermomechanical training, surface engineering) are expanding the achievable performance space and accelerating adoption in biomedical devices, aerospace components, soft robotics, energy systems, and smart structures.
This Special Issue invites original research and review articles that connect processing–microstructure–phase transformation–functional performance relationships, with emphasis on reproducible manufacturing, defect control, and reliable property tailoring. Topics include fabrication and post-processing routes; transformation behavior and functional fatigue; microstructure and texture evolution; multi-scale characterization (DSC, XRD, SEM/EBSD, TEM); modeling and data-driven process optimization; and application-driven demonstrations and qualification strategies. We welcome contributions that advance both fundamental understanding and pathways toward real-world implementation of shape memory materials.
Dr. Anwar Algamal
Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi
Dr. Amir Mostafaei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- shape memory alloys
- martensitic transformation
- superelasticity
- additive manufacturing
- thermomechanical treatment
- microstructure engineering
- smart materials
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