Twenty one years ago, the discovery of the giant magnetocaloric effect (GMCE) at room
temperature completely revolutionized the magnetocaloric materials field demonstrating the …

Strong coupling effects in magnetocaloric materials are the key factor to achieve a large
magnetic entropy change. Combining insights from experiments and ab initio calculations …

Shape memory alloys often show a complex hierarchical morphology in the martensitic
state. To understand the formation of this twin-within-twins microstructure, we examine …

Preparing and exploiting phase-change materials in the nanoscale form is an ongoing
challenge for advanced material research. A common lasting obstacle is preserving the …

Using surface acoustic waves (SAW) the elastic properties of 500 nm thick epitaxial off-
stoichiometric Ni-Mn-Ga films prepared by sputtering on MgO substrate were determined in …

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Two series of epitaxial Ni–Mn–Sn thin films of different thickness are investigated for the
thickness and composition dependence of the martensitic transformation. Thin films ranging …

To probe finite size effects in ferromagnetic shape memory nanoactuators, double-beam
structures with minimum dimensions down to 100 nm are designed, fabricated, and …

This work presents a top-down method, based on ball-milling techniques, for the preparation
of Ni 50 Mn 30 Ga 20 and Ni 50 Mn 18.5 Cu 6.5 Ga 25 micro-meter and sub-micro-meter …

Magnetic shape memory materials hold a great promise for next‐generation actuation
devices and systems for energy conversion, thanks to the intimate coupling between …