Study of structural, magnetic and electronic properties of Ni-Fe-Ga based ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

Madhusmita Baral, Tufan Roy, Balaji Mondal, Aparna Chakrabarti, Tapas Ganguli

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Abstract

The structural, magnetic and electronic properties of two samples with nominal compositions Ni50Fe20Ga30 (NFG-1) and Ni45Fe25Ga30 (NFG-2) have been studied. With increasing Fe substitution in place of Ni atoms, the valence electron concentration per unit cell (e/a) ratio decreased from 7.59 to 7.42. This decrease in e/a ratio results in increase Tc and saturation magnetization in NFG-2 compared to NFG-1. Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) measurements have been carried out at 20 K and 300 K for both the samples. A comparison of the calculated (first principles) and the measured density of states (by PES) show that NFG-1 undergoes a martensite phase transition, whereas no such transition is observed for NFG-2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2016
EditorsSurendra Singh, Saibal Basu, Shovit Bhattacharya, Amitabh Das
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735415003
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 May 19
Externally publishedYes
Event61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium - Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Duration: 2016 Dec 262016 Dec 30

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1832
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBhubaneswar, Odisha
Period16/12/2616/12/30

Keywords

  • Electronic Structure
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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