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Large field-induced irreversibility in Ni-Mn based Heusler shape-memory alloys: A pulsed magnetic field study

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Nayak,  A. K.
Ajaya Nayak, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Salazar Mejía,  C.
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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D'Souza,  S. W.
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Chadov,  S.
Stanislav Chadov, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Felser,  C.
Claudia Felser, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Nicklas,  M.
Michael Nicklas, Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Nayak, A. K., Salazar Mejía, C., D'Souza, S. W., Chadov, S., Skourski, Y., Felser, C., et al. (2014). Large field-induced irreversibility in Ni-Mn based Heusler shape-memory alloys: A pulsed magnetic field study. Physical Review B, 90(22): 220408(R), pp. 1-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.220408.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-C10E-7
Abstract
We present a pulsed magnetic field study on the magnetic and magnetostriction properties of Ni-Mn-Z(Z=In, Sn, and Sb) based Heusler shape-memory alloys. These materials generally display a field-induced magnetostructural transition that could lead to an irreversible phase transition, when measured near the martensitic transition temperature. Here, we show that independently of the transition temperature, the critical field for the phase transition sensitively depends on the main-group element in the sample. Irrespective of their compositions, all samples display a magnetization of around 2mu B/f.u. in the martensite phase and about 6mu B/f.u. in the cubic austenite phase. Our magnetic and magnetostriction measurements at low temperatures exhibit a partial or complete arrest of the high-field austenite phase below the reverse martensitic transition. This results in a large irreversibility with a hysteresis width as high as 24 T. We introduce a theoretical model to discuss the experimental results.