Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 8
Shape Memory NiTi Materials
Andrzej Miklaszewski
Poznan University of Technology,
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering,
Sklodowska-Curie 5 Sq., 60-965 Poznan, Poland
andrzej.miklaszewski@put.poznan.pl
8.1 Background
The main goal of this short background is to introduce readers
to shape memory NiTi materials so that the attributes of the
entire family to which they belong can be clearly recognized. We
are thinking about the group of the materials whose properties
dominate their appearing terminology, for instance, multifunctional
material, intelligence, and, inally, smart. All those synonyms are
related to the possibility of changing properties through sensing the
surrounding environment, actuating by process function of sensor
information and in effect, transform one kind of signal to another
with multiple amplitude.
