Nitinol is nickel-titanium alloy that has one special quality: it always remembers it's shape. Although this seems like science fiction, or something out of a James Bond movie, it actually works. We ...

In this video I talk about an amazing type of metal called a shape memory alloy. The specific one in this video is called nitinol. It is an alloy of nickel and titanium. It forms an amazing structure ...

Nearly four decades after its serendipitous launch at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, nitinol has become a worthy alternative to stainless steel as a medical device material. Interest in the ...