Elastocaloric and multicaloric effects in magnetoelastic coupled Ni-Mn-based Heusler shape memory alloys

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ae3607

Abstract Ni—Mn-based Heusler shape memory alloys (SMAs), considered promising candidates for solid-state refrigeration, possess outstanding elastocaloric effect (eCE) and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) associated with their martensitic transformations (MTs). Driven by stress-induced MTs, the eCE involves the absorption and release of latent heat during the reversible phase transition. Additionally, a strong magnetic response emerges near the MT temperature, giving rise to a multicaloric effect. In this study, the mechanism of magnetoelastic coupling, relevant processing techniques, and multicaloric effects in Ni—Mn-based SMAs are reviewed.

Keywords: Ni—Mn-based alloys elastocaloric effect magnetocaloric effect martensitic transformation

Received: 10 November 2025
Revised: 08 January 2026
Accepted manuscript online: 09 January 2026

PACS:	81.30.Kf	(Martensitic transformations)
	75.30.Sg	(Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling)
	62.20.fg	(Shape-memory effect; yield stress; superelasticity)
	46.25.Hf	(Thermoelasticity and electromagnetic elasticity (electroelasticity, magnetoelasticity))

Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52371192).

Corresponding Authors: Jian Liu
E-mail: liujian@shu.edu.cn

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Yuetong Sun(孙悦彤) and Jian Liu(刘剑) Elastocaloric and multicaloric effects in magnetoelastic coupled Ni-Mn-based Heusler shape memory alloys 2026 Chin. Phys. B 35 078103

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