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Adv Mater. 2015 Aug 26;27(32):4760-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502072. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Achieving giant magnetically induced reorientation of martensitic variants in magnetic shape-memory Ni-Mn-Ga Films by microstructure engineering.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

Paolo Ranzieri, Marco Campanini, Simone Fabbrici, Lucia Nasi, Francesca Casoli, Riccardo Cabassi, Elisa Buffagni, Vincenzo Grillo, Cesar Magén, Federica Celegato, Gabriele Barrera, Paola Tiberto, Franca Albertini

Affiliations

  1. IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, Parma, 43124, Italy.
  2. MIST E-R Laboratory, via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy.
  3. Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón, Campus Río Ebro, Calle Mariano Esquillor, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
  4. INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, Torino, 10135, Italy.

PMID: 26180008 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502072

Abstract

Giant magnetically induced twin variant reorientation, comparable in intensity with bulk single crystals, is obtained in epitaxial magnetic shape-memory thin films. It is found to be tunable in intensity and spatial response by the fine control of microstructural patterns at the nanoscopic and microscopic scales. A thorough experimental study (including electron holography) allows a multiscale comprehension of the phenomenon.

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: electron holography; ferromagnetic shape-memory thin films; martensitic microstructure; multifunctional materials; twin variant reorientation induced by magnetic field

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