Laser annealing of amorphous NiTi shape memory alloy thin films to locally induce shape memory properties

Acta Materialia

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4955-4961

  Wang, X ^a   Bellouard, Y ^b,c   Vlassak, J J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallization kinetics; Laser annealing; Martensitic phase transformation; Shape memory alloy thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; LASER ANNEALING; MARTENSITIC PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS THIN FILMS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 25444490110     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2005.07.022     Document Type: Article

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