MSMA Twinning (image)

University of Pittsburgh

Caption

Examples of twinning (colorful bands) in magnetic shape-memory alloy single crystals. During actuation, some twins will grow and some will shrink depending on the direction of the applied magnetic field. This will result in an overall shape change and stroke useful in actuators

Credit

Swanson School of Engineering/Markus Chmielus

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