In recent years the use of nitinol (an almost equiatomic binary intermetallic compound of nickel and titanium) has been steadily growing, particularly in the medical and dental device markets. Nitinol ...

Researchers have developed a design-driven methodology that significantly increases the deformability of 3D printed nitinol.

ASTM International’s medical and surgical devices committee (F04) is developing a proposed standard for a wrought nickel-titanium alloy. The alloy covered by the proposed standard (WK84718) is ...

As an extremely versatile product, nickel-titanium (nitinol) has been in high demand for the production of various medical devices since well before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, a ...

Like many scientists before him, Metallurgist William Buehler was blessed with serendipity, the gift of finding something valuable without actually looking for it. Assigned by the Naval Ordnance ...

A recent study in Scientific Reports explored how volume energy density (VED) during laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) affects the microstructure and corrosion resistance of NiTi alloys (Nitinol). The ...