TY - JOUR
T1 - Intermartensitic phase transformations in Ni-Mn-Ga studied under magnetic field
AU - Chernenko, V. A.
AU - Cesari, E.
AU - Khovailo, V.
AU - Pons, J.
AU - Seguí, C.
AU - Takagi, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
VAC and VK are grateful to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Fellowship grant ID No.RC30326005 and for a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, respectively. Partial financial support from the DGI of Spain (Project. no. MAT2002-00319) is acknowledged.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - The Heusler-type ferromagnetic shape memory Ni52.6Mn 23.6Ga23.8 single crystal has been found to undergo a sequence of temperature-induced reversible intermartensitic transformations (IMTs) in addition to the martensitic transformation (MT). The temperature dependencies of the magnetization and electrical resistivity, as well as the magnetization curves have been studied for this alloy. In contrast to the MT, no anomalies of the saturation magnetization have been observed for any of the two IMTs. Nevertheless, application of a strong constant magnetic field is shown both experimentally and theoretically to induce similar shifts of the IMTs and MT temperatures.
AB - The Heusler-type ferromagnetic shape memory Ni52.6Mn 23.6Ga23.8 single crystal has been found to undergo a sequence of temperature-induced reversible intermartensitic transformations (IMTs) in addition to the martensitic transformation (MT). The temperature dependencies of the magnetization and electrical resistivity, as well as the magnetization curves have been studied for this alloy. In contrast to the MT, no anomalies of the saturation magnetization have been observed for any of the two IMTs. Nevertheless, application of a strong constant magnetic field is shown both experimentally and theoretically to induce similar shifts of the IMTs and MT temperatures.
KW - Electrical resistivity
KW - Heusler alloys
KW - Phase transitions - field dependent
KW - Phase transitions - martensitic-like
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.399
DO - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.399
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:15044358837
SN - 0304-8853
VL - 290-291 PART 2
SP - 871
EP - 873
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
ER -