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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Zehui Du, Singapore, SG;
Hang Yu, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Christopher A. Schuh, Wayland, MA (US);
Chee Lip Gan, Singapore, SG;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
There is provided a shape memory ceramic structure including an aggregate population of crystalline particles. Each crystalline particle in the population, of crystalline particles comprises a shape memory ceramic particle material. Each crystalline particle in the population of crystalline particles has a crystalline particle extent that is between about 0.5 microns and about fifty microns. At least a portion of the population of crystalline particles has a crystalline structure that is either oligocrystalline or monocrystalline.