The magnetocaloric effect and its most straightforward application, magnetic refrigeration,
are topics of current interest due to the potential improvement of energy efficiency of cooling …

The presence of a distribution of transition temperatures (DTT) is ubiquitous in materials
science. It is common to ascribe deviations from theoretical pure-phase behavior to this fact …

First-principles density functional theory based calculations have been used to predict the
bulk mechanical properties of magnetic shape memory Heusler alloy Ni 2 MnGa substituted …

Ni 2 MnGa exhibits ideal ferromagnetic shape memory properties, however, brittleness and
a low-temperature martensite transition hinder its technological applications motivating the …

Using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, we probe the
electronic and magnetic properties of X 2 PtGa (X being Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) Heusler alloys. Our …

A combined study employing density functional theory (DFT) using the experimentally
determined modulated structures in the martensite phase and bulk-sensitive hard x-ray …

We investigate the relative stability, structural properties, and electronic structure of various
modulated martensites of the magnetic shape memory alloy Mn 2 NiGa by means of density …

Mn 2 NiGa is a potential magnetic shape memory alloy with austenite to the martensite
phase transition. Here, we have investigated the bulk electronic structure of Mn 2 NiGa in the …

Skyrmions are localized swirling noncoplanar spin textures offering a promising revolution in
future spintronic applications. These topologically nontrivial spin textures lead to an …

Large magnetocaloric effect is observed in Ni 1.8 Pt 0.2 MnGa close to room temperature.
The entropy change shows a crossover from positive to negative sign at the martensite …