Heusler alloys: Past, properties, new alloys, and prospects

S Tavares, K Yang, MA Meyers - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Heusler alloys, discovered serendipitously at the beginning of the twentieth century, have
emerged in the twenty-first century as exciting materials for numerous remarkable functional …

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 …

Advanced materials for solid-state refrigeration

L Mañosa, A Planes, M Acet - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent progress on caloric effects are reviewed. The application of external stimuli such as
magnetic field, hydrostatic pressure, uniaxial stress and electric field give rise respectively to …

A revisit to atomistic rationale for slip in shape memory alloys

P Chowdhury, H Sehitoglu - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Performance degradation in shape memory alloys (SMA) arises due to a gradual loss of
strain recoverability attributable to slip mediated plasticity. The slip-induced changes in …

First-principles investigation of chemical and structural disorder in magnetic NiMnSn Heusler alloys

VV Sokolovskiy, VD Buchelnikov, MA Zagrebin… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
We present ab initio calculations of magnetic exchange parameters of stoichiometric
Heusler compound Ni 2 MnSn and a few nonstoichiometric Ni 2 Mn 1+ x Sn 1− x cases. Use …

First-principles study of the structural stability of cubic, tetragonal and hexagonal phases in Mn3Z (Z= Ga, Sn and Ge) Heusler compounds

D Zhang, B Yan, SC Wu, J Kübler… - Journal of Physics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the structural stability and magnetic properties of the cubic, tetragonal and
hexagonal phases of Mn 3 Z (Z= Ga, Sn and Ge) Heusler compounds using first-principles …

The role of adaptive martensite in magnetic shape memory alloys

R Niemann, UK Rößler, ME Gruner… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
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 shape memory effect and highly mobile twin boundaries

O Heczko - Materials Science and Technology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The magnetic shape memory effect can be classified as an example of the multiferroic effect
combining ferro-elasticity and (ferro) magnetism. After short overview of all known effects the …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional, non-isothermal phase-field modeling of thermally and stress-induced martensitic transformations in shape memory alloys

S Cui, J Wan, X Zuo, N Chen, J Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The transition between austenite and martensite provides shape memory alloys (SMAs) with
many unique properties. A three-dimensional, non-isothermal phase-field model was …

Ab initio Prediction of Martensitic and Intermartensitic Phase Boundaries in Ni-Mn-Ga

B Dutta, A Çakır, C Giacobbe, A Al-Zubi, T Hickel… - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
Despite the importance of martensitic transformations of Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloys for their
magnetocaloric and shape-memory properties, the martensitic part of their phase diagrams …