The search for materials with large caloric effects has become a major challenge in material
science due to their potential in develo** near room‐temperature solid‐state cooling …

A phase-field theory of transformations between martensitic variants and multiple twinning
within martensitic variants is developed for large strains and lattice rotations. It resolves …

Large-scale computer simulations of a simple model with a square-lattice topology, a small
shear deformation (4° shear angle), and open (free) boundary conditions show that domain …

We investigate the roles of grain size (lg) and grain boundary thickness (lb) on the stress-
induced phase transition (PT) behaviors of nanocrystalline shape memory alloys (SMAs) by …

A generalization of the phase-field theory for multivariant martensitic phase transformations
is suggested that allows one to vary martensite–martensite interface energy independent of …

In this paper, the dynamics of martensitic transformations in shape memory alloy (SMA)
constrained finite nanostructures is studied using a phase field model with the Ginzburg …

The dynamic evolution in ferroelastic crystals under external shear is explored by computer
simulation of a two-dimensional model. The characteristic geometrical patterns obtained …

We report the structural, dielectric, elastic, ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties of
multiferroic (Nd, Fe)-doped PbTiO3 perovskite ceramics with composition (Pb 0.88 Nd …

Many properties of functional materials are quite different at the nanoscale, because at this
length scale, the surface/interface energy becomes comparable to the bulk energy. Thus, the …

We show how microstructure can arise in first-order ferroelastic structural transitions, in two
and three spatial dimensions, through a local mean-field approximation of their pseudospin …