Shape Memory Alloys 2019

Dear Colleagues,

Shape memory alloys constitute an outstanding topic for both fundamental and applied research. Since the pioneering work of Prof. Kurdjumov on thermoelastic martensitic transformations, and the first discovery of the shape memory and superelasticity effects, many alloy systems exhibiting shape memory properties have been discovered and investigated. Such research efforts have made possible the development of a considerable number of applications currently in the market in different industrial areas, mostly based on Ni-Ti alloys, together with significant advances in the comprehension of phase transitions in solids. New discoveries have appeared in the recent years: the strain glass state issued from a frustrated long range martensitic transformation in systems internally structured at nanoscale levels; the fascinating magnetoelastic couplings existing in multiferroic magnetic alloys that allow for giant magnetic field induced strains by martensite reorientation in Ni-Mn-Ga or the field-induced shape memory effect in the so-called metamagnetic shape memory alloys (Ni-Mn-In/Sn/Sb); and interesting phenomena like the martensitic transformation arrest or the large magnetocaloric and magnetoresistance effects are some examples. Development of high temperature shape memory alloys, with stable actuation response in temperature ranges above 150 ºC, constitutes another challenge to increase the applicability of these multifunctional materials.

The Special Issue is expected to collect articles reporting new results in either fundamental or applied aspects of shape memory alloys, as well as review papers about particular topics.  

Prof. Dr. Jaume Pons
Dr. Joan Torrens-Serra
Guest Editors

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