The press release of development about copper-based shape memory alloy single crystal manufacturing process was announced.
FTM announced, through joint research for Cupper-Aluminum-Manganese alloy with Tohoku University and Kyoto University, that a huge single crystal can be produced and its manufacturing process was developed by utilizing the special grain growth phenomenon by heat treatment.
The content of this announcement was published online in the British scientific journal “Nature Communications” on August 25, 2017 at 18:00 (Japan time).For details, please refer to the joint release with Tohoku University and 3 other institutions.Joint release with Tohoku University and 3 other institutions
press release （PDF 467KB）