Simple rules for the understanding of Heusler compounds

T Graf, C Felser, SSP Parkin - Progress in solid state chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Heusler compounds are a remarkable class of intermetallic materials with 1: 1: 1 (often
called Half-Heusler) or 2: 1: 1 composition comprising more than 1500 members. Today …

New materials for micro-scale sensors and actuators: An engineering review

SA Wilson, RPJ Jourdain, Q Zhang, RA Dorey… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology
relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in …

12% magnetic field-induced strain in Ni-Mn-Ga-based non-modulated martensite

A Sozinov, N Lanska, A Soroka, W Zou - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic field-induced strain (MFIS) of 12% is reported in ferromagnetic Ni 46 Mn 24 Ga 22
Co 4 Cu 4 martensite exhibiting non-modulated (NM) tetragonal crystal structure with lattice …

Deformation physics of shape memory alloys–fundamentals at atomistic frontier

P Chowdhury, H Sehitoglu - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Application spectrum of shape memory alloys (SMA) is expanding rapidly and
proportionately so is the engineering demand for superior materials. An essential …

Modelling the phase diagram of magnetic shape memory Heusler alloys

P Entel, VD Buchelnikov, VV Khovailo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We have modelled the phase diagram of magnetic shape memory alloys of the Heusler type
by using the phenomenological Ginzburg–Landau theory. When fixing the parameters by …

Heusler compounds—A material class with exceptional properties

T Graf, SSP Parkin, C Felser - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The class of Heusler compounds, including the XYZ and the X 2 YZ compounds, has not
only an endless number of members, but also a vast variety of properties can be found in …

Highly mobile twinned interface in 10 M modulated Ni–Mn–Ga martensite: Analysis beyond the tetragonal approximation of lattice

L Straka, O Heczko, H Seiner, N Lanska, J Drahokoupil… - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
The huge strains that Ni–Mn–Ga magnetic shape memory alloys can achieve are usually
described in a tetragonal unit cell approximation of a five-layered modulated (10M) crystal …

Microstructural evolution and magnetic properties of binder jet additive manufactured Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape memory alloy foam

A Mostafaei, KA Kimes, EL Stevens, J Toman… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigated microstructural evolution, phase transformation and magnetic
behavior of additively manufactured magnetic shape memory alloy foam. Pre-alloyed …

Additive manufacturing of magnetic materials

EA Périgo, J Jacimovic, FG Ferré, LM Scherf - Additive Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
Techniques that use the layer-by-layer manufacturing concept have triggered novel
research topics related to the processing of functional magnetic materials (FMMs). In this …

Adaptive modulations of martensites

S Kaufmann, UK Rößler, O Heczko, M Wuttig… - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
Modulated phases occur in numerous functional materials like giant ferroelectrics and
magnetic shape-memory alloys. To understand the origin of these phases, we employ and …