Phase coexistence and interrupted 1st order transition in magnetic shape memory alloys

2014/06/03 by P Chaddah, Chaddah, P
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.stat-mech #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1406.0627

5 pages

arxiv created 2014/06/03 · arxiv updated 2014/06/04

Abstract

Current theoretical studies on structural and magnetic properties of functional Ni-Mn-Z (Z = Ga, In, Sn) Heusler alloys address the origin of the structural transition from the austenite to martensite, and also address the dominant contribution to the latent heat associated with this magneto-structural transition. This should help understand the origin of kinetic arrest of 1st order magnetic transitions.

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