Multiferroic and Related Hysteretic Behavior in Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys

We combine a Ginzburg-Landau model for a ferroelastic transition with the theory of micromagnetism to study the magnetostructural behavior leading to multicaloric effects in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. We analyze the ferroelastic transition under different conditions of temperature, stress an...

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Autores: Gebbia, Jonathan F., Castán i Vidal, Maria Teresa, Lloveras, Pol, Porta Tena, Marcel, Saxena, A. (Avadh), Planes Vila, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/142603
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/142603
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ferromagnetisme
Teoria de camps (Física)
Ferromagnetism
Field theory (Physics)
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Sumario:We combine a Ginzburg-Landau model for a ferroelastic transition with the theory of micromagnetism to study the magnetostructural behavior leading to multicaloric effects in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. We analyze the ferroelastic transition under different conditions of temperature, stress and magnetic field and establish the corresponding phase diagram. On the one hand, our results show that the proper combination of both fields may be used to reduce the transition hysteresis and thus improve the reversibility of the related elastocaloric effects, superelasticity and stress-mediated magnetocaloric effects. On the other hand, the stress-free magnetic field-driven and thermally driven magnetostructural evolution provides physical insight into the low-temperature field-induced domain reorientation, from which we derive strategies to modify the operational temperature ranges and thus the corresponding (magnetic) shape-memory effect.