Windows open for highly tunable magnetostructural phase transitions
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Li, Y.Wei, Z. Y.
Zhang, H. G.

Liu, E. K.

Luo, H. Z.
Liu, G. D.
Xi, X. K.

Wang, S. G.
Wang, W. H.
Yue, M.
Wu, G. H.
Zhang, Xixiang

KAUST Department
Material Science and Engineering ProgramPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2016-07-18Online Publication Date
2016-07-18Print Publication Date
2016-07Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/618193
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An attempt was made to tailor the magnetostructural transitions over a wide temperature range under the principle of isostructural alloying. A series of wide Curie-temperature windows (CTWs) with a maximal width of 377 K between 69 and 446 K were established in the Mn1− yCoyNiGe1− xSix system. Throughout the CTWs, the magnetic-field-induced metamagnetic behavior and giant magnetocaloric effects are obtained. The (Mn,Co)Ni(Ge,Si) system shows great potential as multifunctional phase-transition materials that work in a wide range covering liquid-nitrogen and above water-boiling temperatures. Moreover, general understanding of isostructural alloying and CTWs constructed in (Mn,Co)Ni(Ge,Si) as well as (Mn,Fe)Ni(Ge,Si) is provided.Citation
Windows open for highly tunable magnetostructural phase transitions 2016, 4 (7):071101 APL MaterialsSponsors
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51301195, 51401002, and 51431009), Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Grant No. Z141100004214004), and Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2013002).Publisher
AIP PublishingJournal
APL MaterialsarXiv
1607.05202ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1063/1.4955214