Martensitic transformation hysteresis in Ni(Co)-Mn-Sn/MgO metamagnetic shape memory thin films

Autor: Steffen Salomon, Peer Decker, Alfred Ludwig, Volodymyr A. Chernenko, I. R. Aseguinolaza, J.M. Barandiarán, V. Alexandrakis
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Scripta Materialia. 156:101-104
ISSN: 1359-6462
Popis: Hysteresis of martensitic transformations (MTs) is a crucial factor which affects the efficiency and lifetime of actuators and magnetocaloric devices. In the present work we found a tenfold reduction of the thermal hysteresis of MT caused by increasing the MT temperature in a series of Ni(Co)-Mn-Sn thin films deposited onto MgO (001). We have observed that this evolution is accompanied by a drastic change of the temperature dependence of the lattice parameter in the temperature interval of MT. Such a behaviour can be interpreted using the concept of the critical state, where an anhysteretic behaviour is expected.
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