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PhD Thesis_RuiMSMartins.pdf - RUN UNL

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LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABREVIATIONS<br />

α<br />

a 0<br />

AES<br />

α f<br />

A f<br />

A s<br />

α s<br />

β<br />

B19'<br />

B2<br />

BF<br />

CEFITEC<br />

CENIMAT<br />

d<br />

DC<br />

DCM<br />

DF<br />

DSC<br />

E<br />

EDX<br />

ER<br />

ESRF<br />

FZD<br />

GIXD<br />

GIXS<br />

GP<br />

h<br />

HR<br />

IBA<br />

IC<br />

k<br />

l<br />

λ<br />

MC<br />

MD<br />

MEMS<br />

M f<br />

MRH<br />

M s<br />

ν<br />

Ni-Ti<br />

deposition angle (relative to the substrate normal)<br />

lattice parameter<br />

Auger electron spectroscopy<br />

expansion coefficients of the film<br />

austenite-finish temperature<br />

austenite-start temperature<br />

expansion coefficients of the substrate<br />

angle of orientation of the film columns (relative to the substrate normal)<br />

martensite<br />

austenite<br />

bright field<br />

Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica<br />

Centro de Investigação de Materiais<br />

interplanar distance<br />

direct current<br />

double-crystal monochromator<br />

dark field<br />

differential scanning calorimetry<br />

Young’s modulus<br />

energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy<br />

electrical resistivity<br />

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility<br />

Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf<br />

X-ray diffraction in grazing incidence geometry off-plane<br />

grazing exit in-plane large angle scattering<br />

Guinier-Preston<br />

distance target/substrate<br />

high resolution<br />

ion beam analysis<br />

integrated circuit<br />

Boltzmann constant<br />

mean free path<br />

wavelength<br />

Monte Carlo<br />

molecular dynamics<br />

micro-electro-mechanical system<br />

martensite-finish temperature<br />

Materials Research Hutch<br />

martensite-start temperature<br />

Poisson ratio<br />

Nitinol<br />

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