Electronic aspects of the martensitic transition in Ni-Mn based Heusler alloys

  • T. Krenke
  • , X. Moya
  • , S. Aksoy
  • , M. Acet*
  • , P. Entel
  • , Ll Mañosa
  • , A. Planes
  • , Y. Elerman
  • , A. Yücel
  • , E. F. Wassermann
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The martensitic transformation temperature Ms depends linearly on the valence electron concentration for Ni-Mn-X Heusler systems where X is a group III-group V element. However, the slopes of the linearity are different for alloys with different X species and increases either as X changes from Al to In (isoelectronic) or from In to Sb (increase in number of p electrons). We discuss the features in the Ms vs e/a diagram and the relative stability of the various crystallographic phases of Ni-Mn based Heusler alloys.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2788-2789
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume310
Issue number2 SUPPL. PART 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GK277), CICyT/Spain) (MAT2004-1291), and WTZ/TUR011 BMBF/TUBITAK (Germany/Turkey). XM acknowledges support from DGICyT (Spain).

FundersFunder number
CICyT/SpainMAT2004-1291
DGICyT
TUBITAK
TUR011 BMBF
WTZ
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGK277

    Keywords

    • Heusler alloys
    • Magnetoelastic coupling
    • Shape-memory effect

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