Abstract
We have found a complete thermoelastic intermartensitic transformation between modulated and unmodulated martensite in single-crystal Ni52Mn24.5Ga23.5. This intermartensitic transformation provides a much larger strain than that of the martensitic transformation. A giant switching-like strain of ± 5.0% can be achieved by a small magnetic field of 0.2 T upon the intermartensitic transformation. In the modulated martensite, a large recoverable magnetic-field-induced strain of up to 1.2% has been obtained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1148-1150 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 20 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)