Ni-free Ti-based Shape Memory Alloys
Kim, Hee Young (University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) / Miyazaki, Shuichi (Professor, Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan) Ni-free Ti-based Shape Memory Alloys reviews the fundamental issues of biomedical beta-type Ti base shape memory and superelastic alloys, including martensitic transformation, shape memory and superelastic properties, alloy development, thermomechanical treatment and microstructure control, and biocompatibility. Some unique properties, such as large nonlinear elastic behavior and low Young's modulus, observed in metastable Ti alloys are discus...