As a non-beam-based additive manufacturing (AM) method, binder jet 3D printing (BJ3DP)
is a process in which a liquid binder is jetted on layers of powdered materials, selectively …

Magnetic shape memory materials require a high twin boundary mobility and low hysteresis
for applications mainly as actuators, sensors, and magnetocaloric cooling elements. Usually …

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 …

Refrigeration is one of the main sinks of the German and European electricity consumption
and accordingly contributes to worldwide CO2 emissions. High reduction potentials are …

Solid-state cooling based on the caloric effect of phase transformation materials has
attracted considerable interest with the increased demand for energy-efficient and …

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 …

Binder jet 3D printing was used to produce magnetic shape memory alloy samples with
densities increasing from 45% to 99% with increasing sintering temperature from 1000° C to …

Several classes of materials manifest displacive phase transitions, including shape memory
alloys, many electronically correlated materials, superconductors, and ferroelectrics. Each of …

Rare-earth (RE) do** has been demonstrated as a feasible approach to improve the cyclic
performance of Ni-Mn-based Heusler alloys, but the current demonstration of underlying …

The morphology and microstructure of a single, macroscopically straight twin interface with a
twinning stress of about 1MPa was analysed in detail by differential interference contrast …