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Cycling Times of Thin-Film NiTi on Si

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. Peter Jardine*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275
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Abstract

The thermo-mechanical properties of NiTi are well known for bulk material although its deposition and utilization as a thin film are still in their earliest stages. The deposition of thin-films of Shape Memory Effect NiTi onto Si(100) wafers offers several advantages over bulk NiTi, including fast response times and comparitively large transformation forces, and so is a promising candidate as a micro-actuator for MicroElectroMechanical (MEMS) systems as well as in strain measurements. The response time for a variety of NiTi layers were modelled under different boundary conditions and show response times similar to the acoustic velocities for one micron thick NiTi.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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