Review Article

Brief Overview on Nitinol as Biomaterial

Figure 1

Mechanism of shape memory effect when test temperature is below . (a) Martensite at test temperature. (b) Detwinned martensite upon application of stress. (c) Detwinned martensite upon removal of stress. (d) Austenite upon heating above . (e) Martensite upon cooling below (test temperature). Change in lattice structure with phase transformation is given in Figure 8 of [6].