Abstract
An attempt was made to tailor the magnetostructural transitions over a wide temperature range under the principle of isostructural alloying. A series of wide Curie-temperature windows (CTWs) with a maximal width of 377 K between 69 and 446 K were established in the Mn1− yCoyNiGe1− xSix system. Throughout the CTWs, the magnetic-field-induced metamagnetic behavior and giant magnetocaloric effects are obtained. The (Mn,Co)Ni(Ge,Si) system shows great potential as multifunctional phase-transition materials that work in a wide range covering liquid-nitrogen and above water-boiling temperatures. Moreover, general understanding of isostructural alloying and CTWs constructed in (Mn,Co)Ni(Ge,Si) as well as (Mn,Fe)Ni(Ge,Si) is provided.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 071101 |
Journal | APL Materials |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 18 2016 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51301195, 51401002, and 51431009), Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Grant No. Z141100004214004), and Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2013002).