TY - CHAP AU - Takuo Sakon AU - Naoki Fujimoto AU - Sho Saruki AU - Takeshi Kanomata AU - Hiroyuki Nojiri AU - Yoshiya Adachi ED - Alicia Esther Ares Y1 - 2018-09-26 PY - 2018 T1 - Magnetic Field-Induced Strain of Metamagnetic Heusler Alloy Ni41Co9Mn31.5Ga18.5 N2 - Shape-memory materials are materials that react under variations of electric or magnetic fields, physical or chemical changes, and that when returning to the initial conditions recover their original form, capable of repeating this process an infinite number of times without deteriorating. The characteristics, fabrication techniques, and thermomechanical treatment of various shape-memory materials are described in detail in this book. The book describes several principles and applications. BT - Shape-Memory Materials SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76291 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.76291 SN - 978-1-78923-683-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-07 ER -