This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology
relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in …

Rapid progress in material science and nanotechnology has led to the development of the
shape memory alloys (SMA) and the shape memory polymers (SMP) based functional …

Giant magnetic-field-induced strain of about 9.5% was observed at ambient temperature in a
magnetic field of less than 1 T in NiMnGa orthorhombic seven-layered martensitic phase …

Magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMAs) have recently been developed into a new class of
functional materials that are capable of magnetic‐field‐induced actuation, mechanical …

Magnetic shape memory properties of a single crystal Ni2MnGa alloy were characterized
through monitoring magnetic field induced strain (MFIS) as a function of compressive stress …

In ferromagnetic alloys with shape memory large reversible strains can be obtained by
rearranging the martensitic domain structure by a magnetic field. Magnetization through …

The huge strains that Ni–Mn–Ga magnetic shape memory alloys can achieve are usually
described in a tetragonal unit cell approximation of a five-layered modulated (10M) crystal …

Abstract Ni-Mn-Ga is interesting as a prototype of a magnetic shape-memory alloy showing
large magnetic-field-induced strains. We present here results for the magnetic ordering of …

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Several kinds of martensitic phases have been found in nonstoichiometric Ni/sub 2/MnGa
alloys in numerous recent studies. The structural, magnetic, and mechanical properties …