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The Contributions by Kazuhiro Otsuka to “Shape Memory and Superelasticity”: A Review

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In this review, the research during the 50-year career in shape memory and superelasticity of Kazuhiro Otsuka is discussed, with a focus on his most cited publications. Not only did his research, in collaboration with many fellow scientists, explain the scientific basis for these phenomena, but also it has led to the realisation of a new aspect of the science of shape memory, particularly with regard to the physics of the most important Ti–Ni alloys, from the point of view of shape memory applications, as the result of the discovery of strain glass materials as a subset of shape memory behaviour for off-stoichiometric Ti50-xNi50+x compositions.

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I wish to acknowledge the hospitality of the research group of Professor George Franks, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, which enables me to continue my research. I am also most grateful to Kizuku Kushimoto, a visitor to the George Franks Research Group from Tohoku University, Japan, for his translations of the text of the Preface of the booklet, “A Tribute to the Work of Professor Kazuhiro Otsuka” [61].

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This invited article is part of a special issue of Shape Memory and Superelasticity honoring Professor Kazuhiro Otsuka for his 50 years of research on shape memory alloys and his 85th birthday. The special issue was organized by Dr. Xiaobing Ren, National Institute for Materials Science; Prof. Antoni Planes, University of Barcelona; and Dr. Avadh Saxena, Los Alamos National Lab.

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Finlayson, T.R. The Contributions by Kazuhiro Otsuka to “Shape Memory and Superelasticity”: A Review. Shap. Mem. Superelasticity 9, 217–230 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40830-022-00406-w

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