Magnetic entropy change involving martensitic transition in NiMn-based Heusler alloys

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/3/037505

Abstract Our recent progress on magnetic entropy change (ΔS) involving martensitic transition in both conventional and metamagnetic NiMn-based Heusler alloys is reviewed. For the conventional alloys, where both martensite and austenite exhibit ferromagnetic (FM) behavior but show differentmagnetic anisotropies, a positive ΔS as large as 4.1 J·kg^-1·K^-1 under a field change of 0–0.9 T was first observed at martensitic transition temperature T_M ~ 197 K. Through adjusting the Ni:Mn:Ga ratio to affect valence electron concentration e/a, T_M was successfully tuned to room temperature, and a large negative ΔS was observed in a single crystal. The -ΔS attained 18.0 J·kg^-1·K^-1 under a field change of 0–5 T. We also focused on the metamagnetic alloys that show mechanisms different from the conventional ones. It was found that post-annealing in suitable conditions or introducing interstitial H atoms can shift the T_M across a wide temperature range while retaining the strong metamagnetic behavior, and hence, retaining large magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and magnetoresistance (MR). The melt-spun technique can disorder atoms and make the ribbons display a B2 structure, but the metamagnetic behavior, as well as the MCE, becomes weak due to the enhanced saturated magnetization of martensites. We also studied the effect of Fe/Co co-doping in Ni₄₅(Co_1-xFe_x)5Mn36.6In13.4 metamagnetic alloys. Introduction of Fe atoms can assist the conversion of the Mn–Mn coupling from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic, thus maintaining the strong metamagnetic behavior and large MCE and MR. Furthermore, a small thermal hysteresis but significant magnetic hysteresis was observed around T_M in Ni₅₁Mn_49-xIn_x metamagnetic systems, which must be related to different nucleation mechanisms of structural transition under different external perturbations.

Keywords: magnetic entropy change martensitic transition NiMn-based Heusler alloys

Received: 25 January 2013
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PACS:	75.30.Sg	(Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling)
	75.50.Bb	(Fe and its alloys)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51271196, 11274357, and 51021061), the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB833102), and the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2011AA03A404).

Corresponding Authors: Hu Feng-Xia
E-mail: fxhu@iphy.ac.cn

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Hu Feng-Xia(胡凤霞), Shen Bao-Gen (沈保根), Sun Ji-Rong(孙继荣) Magnetic entropy change involving martensitic transition in NiMn-based Heusler alloys 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 037505

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