Pseudoelasticity, sometimes called superelasticity, is an elastic (reversible) response to an applied stress, caused by a phase transformation between the austenitic and martensitic phases of a crystal. It is exhibited in shape-memory alloys. Recently, the PhD student Yang Yang of our facutly has discovered an interface-driven pseudo-elastic effect under mechanical bending in body-centered Fe nanowires, which is a new mechanism of pseudo-elasticity. This exciting result has been published on the top research journal, Advanced Functional Materials (IF=11.8). The project is supervised by Prof. X.-D. Ding and Prof. J. Sun from our faculty, and Prof. E. Salje from University of Cambridge.  

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