Significant reduction of phase-transition hysteresis for magnetocaloric (La1-xCex) 2Fe11Si2Hy alloys by microstructural manipulation

Y Liu, X Fu, Q Yu, M Zhang, J Liu - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
First-order magnetostructural phase transitions are inevitably accompanied by large
hysteresis, which evokes non-ignorable energy losses a main challenge for the utilization of …

Roadmap towards optimal magnetic properties in L10-MnAl permanent magnets

Y Jia, Y Wu, Y Xu, R Zheng, S Zhao, KP Skokov… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Twin boundaries impact negatively the magnetic properties in conventionally-fabricated L1 0-
type and RETM 12-type permanent magnets. Herein, we propose a strategy to suppress …

On the ε→ τ phase transformation and twinning in L10− MnAl alloys

Y Jia, H Ding, Y Wu, J Wang, H Wu, T Ma, S Zhao… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Formation of twins have been recognized as the bottleneck that limit the high-performance of
L1 0-type Mn-Al permanent magnets. Although it is known that twinning occurs as a …

Vacancy induced microstrain in high-entropy alloy film for sustainable hydrogen production under universal pH conditions

Y Yang, Z Jia, Q Wang, Y Liu, L Sun, B Sun… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalytic hydrogen production plays an essential role in generating eco-friendly fuels
for energy storage and transportation within a sustainable energy framework. High-entropy …

Effects of nanoindents on the martensitic transformation of Ni-Mn-Ga shape-memory Heusler films: A study by high-resolution imaging as a function of temperature

MT Ghahfarokhi, F Casoli, C Minnert, S Bruns, E Bruder… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation was used to analyze the effect of localized plastic deformation on the
martensitic transformation of epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga films on MgO (001) substrate. Atomic and …

Enhanced elastocaloric effect and mechanical properties of Gd-doped Ni–Mn–Sn-Gd ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

L Wang, H Xuan, S Liu, T Cao, Z Xie, X Liang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of Gd substitution for Sn on martensitic transformation (MT) temperature,
microstructure, elastocaloric effect (eCE) and mechanical properties of Mn 49 Ni 41 Sn 10 …

Investigating enhanced mechanical properties in dual-phase Fe-Ga-Tb alloys

C Meng, H Wang, Y Wu, J Liu, C Jiang - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Dual-phase (Fe83Ga17) 100− x Tb x alloys with 0≤ x≤ 1 were synthesized by arc
melting and homogenization treatment. The microstructures and the corresponding …

Enhanced elastocaloric effect and mechanical properties of Gd-doped Ni-Co-Mn-Ti-Gd metamagnetic shape memory alloys

F Xu, C Zhu, J Wang, F Luo, X Zhu, J Xu, S Chen… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving elastocaloric effect (eCE) and mechanical properties is the key to developing high-
performance eCE cooling materials. In this paper, the metamagnetic shape memory alloys …

Directional solidification and elastocaloric effect in a Ni45Mn44Sn11 magnetic shape memory alloy

W Sun, J Liu, D Zhao, M Zhang - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, the microstructural evolution, texture development and elastocaloric effect have
been investigated in directionally solidified Heusler-type Ni 45 Mn 44 Sn 11 alloys. A multi …

Realization of metamagnetic martensitic transformation with multifunctional properties in Co50V34Ga16 Heusler alloy

C Liu, Z Li, Y Zhang, Y Huang, M Ye, X Sun… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we have developed a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Co 50 V 34 Ga 16 with
a metamagnetic martensitic transformation (MT) from the high-magnetization austenitic …