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

We present a free-running 80-MHz dual-comb polarization-multiplexed solid-state laser
which delivers 1.8 W of average power with 110-fs pulse duration per comb. With a high …

BaNi2As2 is a non-magnetic analogue of BaFe2As2, the parent compound of a prototype
pnictide high-temperature superconductor, displaying superconductivity already at ambient …

Heusler alloys exhibiting magnetic and martensitic transitions enable applications like
magnetocaloric refrigeration and actuation based on the magnetic shape memory effect …

Modulated martensites play an important role in magnetic shape memory alloys, because all
functional properties are closely connected to the twin microstructure and the phase …

Abstract Epitaxial Ni–Mn–Ga thin films have promising application potential in micro-electro-
mechanical sensing and actuation systems. To date, large abrupt magnetization changes …

Abstract Ni-Mn-Ga is commonly used as a room temperature shape memory alloy. With the
do** of Co and Cu, its phase transformation temperature increased to around 500 K …

The structure and strain behavior associated with martensitic transformation for
polycrystalline Ni 50 Mn 33 In 17− x Ga x (x= 4, 5, 7, 8) have been investigated. All samples …

Martensitic transformation behaviors, microstructures, magnetic properties, and the shape
memory effect (SME) were investigated for Pd 50 Mn 50− x Ga x (0≦ x≦ 25) alloys …

Phase-change alloys have seen widespread use, from rewritable optical disks to current
interest in their use in emerging neuromorphic computing architectures. In spite of this …