CONTENTS -- FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE MODIFICATIONS AND PROCESSING ON THE FATIGUE PROPERTIES OF NITI WIRE -- EFFECT OF SURFACE QUALITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE ON FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF NITINOL STENT COMPONENTS -- Tension - Tension Fatigue Testing of Nitinol Wire -- Ultrahigh-Resolution In Situ Diffraction Characterization of the Local Mechanics at a Growing Crack Tip in Nitinol -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MELT PRACTICE ON FATIGUE PROPERTIES OF SUPERELASTIC NITI FINE DIAMETER WIRE -- A Fracture-Mechanics Based Approach to Fatigue of Nitinol Tube -- An Investigation of Diverse Surface Finishes on Fatigue Properties of Superelastic Nitinol Wire -- MECHANICAL EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND CLEANING ON NITINOL MICROCOMPONENTS - INVESTIGATING VIBRATION DYNAMICS DURING ACOUSTICAL CLEANING PROCESSES -- Bending Fatigue Study of Radiopaque Nitinol -- Strain Verification for a Fatigue Study -- STRESS-INDUCED MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS AND SHAPE MEMORY AT NANOMETER SCALES -- DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPROVED NiTiPd HIGH-TEMPERATURE SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOYS BY SOLID-SOLUTION STRENGTHENING AND THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING -- Full-Field Measurement of Strain and Transformation in Nitinol -- What Is The Big Deal About The Af Temperature? -- TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LARGE DIAMETER SMA BARS FOR APPLICATIONS IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING -- Mechanical Cyclic Response of Nitinol Tubing -- SMAQ: A NOVEL INTEGRATED INSTRUMENT FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SMA WIRES -- Effects of Hydrogen on the Phases and Transition Temperatures of NiTi -- COMPARISON OF A VIDEO EXTENSOMETER OVER A CLIP-ON EXTENSOMETER AND CROSSHEAD MOTION AS A STRAIN MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE FOR TESTING NITINOL SPECIMENS -- Stress Relaxation of Linear Elastic NiTi in Bending.

CYTOKINE RELEASE FROM HUMAN LEUKOCYTES AFTER CONTACT TO NiTi: INFLUENCE OF Ni ION CONCENTRATION -- SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR OBTAINING OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS FOR MATERIAL COMBINATIONS WITH NITINOL -- SURFACE MODIFICATION OF TINI DENTAL IMPLANTS BY ION- AND ELECTRON BEAM INFLUENCE -- An Assessment of ASTM F 2129 Test Results Comparing Nitinol to Other Implant Alloys -- The Impact of Testing Methodology on Breakdown Potentials -- Effect of Wear and Crevice on the Corrosion Resistance of Overlapped Stents -- Analysis of Passivity of Nitinol Surfaces -- Electrochemical Corrosion Characterization of Nitinol Martensite and Austenite Phases -- Electrochemical Behavior of Nitinol in Simulated Bile Solutions -- High Temperature NiTiHf Shape Memory Thin Films Fabricated by Simultaneous Sputter Deposition from Elemental Targets -- PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF SPUTTERED NITI THIN FILMS ON POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATES BY CO-ROLLING -- LASER ANNEALING OF AMORPHOUS NI-TI SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY THIN FILMS -- TiNi-BASE SMA THIN FILM MICROACTUATORS AND RELATED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CHARACTERIZATION OF AS-DEPOSITED CRYSTALLINE NITI THIN FILMS -- IN-SITU STUDY OF THE PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION OF MAGNETRON SPUTTERED Ni-Ti THIN FILMS AS A FUNCTION OF BIAS AND SUBSTRATE TYPE -- CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS NITI ALLOYS PRODUCED BY SHS -- ION BEAM PROJECTION TECHNIQUES FOR LOCALLY INDUCING INTERMIXING IN NI-TI THIN FILMS -- METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES BASED ON POWDERS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS -- Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Powder Metallurgical NiTi by Reduction of Impurity Phases -- Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on the Microstructure, Properties, and Work Behavior of a Ti50.5Ni29.5Pt20 High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy -- SUPERELASTIC AND SHAPE MEMORY SINGLE CRYSTAL Cu-Al-Ni: FABRICATION AND APPLICATIONS -- EFFECT OF MELTING PROCESS PARAMETERS ON MARTENSITIC NITI INGOTS PROPERTIES.

The Effects of Cold Work and Heat Treatment on the Properties of Nitinol Wire -- SHAPE MEMORY ACTUATORS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION -- "The Unbearable Lightness of the Cube": Using SMA to Express Lightness, Movement and Memory in Sculptures -- The Application of SMA to Intelligent Fasteners -- NUMERICAL MODEL FOR SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS -- FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SMA WIRES IN ACTUATION CONDITIONS -- SUPERELASTICITY-RELATED PHENOMENA OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY PASSIVE DAMPERS -- Large-Scale Testing of Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Recentering Devices for Multi-Span Bridges -- New Ultra-High Damping Composites Based on Shape Memory Alloys -- THERMOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THIN NiTi WIRES FOR APPLICATION IN SMART TEXTILES -- Shape Memory Alloys Cyclic Modeling for Proportional Loadings -- Multiple Stress Plateaus during Complex Mechanical Cycling of Pseudo Elastic NiTi Wires -- Some Experiments on Superelastic Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys under Cyclic Loads -- Challenges in the Design of a New Class of Minimally Invasive Nitinol Based Implants for Pulmonary Applications -- Shape Memory Alloy Position Sensor for Feedback Control of Active Catheters -- CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL-RICH NITINOL ALLOYS FOR ACTUATOR DEVELOPMENT -- FEA of In-Vitro Test Methods for Radial Force Characterization -- MODELLING A NITINOL DEVICE FOR THE REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS -- Modeling and Testing of a New Sternal Closure Device Using Tubular Mesh-like Superelastic Nitinol Structure -- Study of Anisotropy of Nitinol and Radiopaque Nitinol Hypotube -- MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NITINOL STENTS -- DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF SHAPE MEMORY DEVICES FOR COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- THE IMPACT OF THE TAPER AND TIP DIAMETER ON THE TORSIONAL AND BENDING BEHAVIORS OF NICKEL-TITANIUM ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENTS.

Mechanical Testing Devices for Characterizing Stents -- Biomedical Ni-Free Ti-Nb Based Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloys -- EBSD Microstructural Characterization of Ni50.8Ti49.2 Shape Memory Alloy -- INVESTIGATION OF LÜDERS-LIKE DEFORMATION BANDS IN NITI SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS -- Effect of Thermomechanical Treatments on the Microstructure of NiTi Wires: a TEM Study -- Method for Producing Low Hysteresis TiNiX Shape Memory Alloys -- CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS BASED ON NITIX COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH-FORCE ACTUATOR APPLICATIONS -- SUPERELASTIC NITI INTERLAYERS FOR IMPROVING THE WEAR RESISTANCE OF HARD COATINGS ON SOFT SUBSTRATES -- Carbon and Oxygen Levels in Nitinol Alloys and the Implications for Medical Device Manufacture and Durability -- EUTECTIC LIQUID FORMATION IN THE NITI-NB SYSTEM: NEW JOINING METHOD FOR NITINOL POINT -- Clinical Applications of Shape Memory Alloys Based on NiTi as Implant Materials - Possibilities in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Subject Index.