Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys.

Intro -- Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys -- Editor -- Sponsors -- Committees -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Inaugural Talk -- Concepts and Physical Phenomena in Magnetic Shape Memory Science -- I. Sample Preparation -- Development of Ni-Mn-Ga Based Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy by Rapid Solidification Technique -- Magneto-Mechanical Behaviour of Textured Polycrystals of NiMnGa Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys -- Magnetization and Domain Patterns in Martensitic NiMnGa Films on Si(100) Wafer -- II. Thermal Treatments and Phase Stability -- Intermartensitic Transformations in Ni-Mn-Ga Alloys: A General View -- Martensite Transformation and Magnetic Property Dependence on the Annealing Temperature in Ni-Rich Ni-Mn-Ga Alloy -- Influence of Annealing Temperature on the Properties of Co-Ni-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy -- Textural Ordering in NiTi, Ni-Fe-Ti, and Ni-Mn-Ga Shape Memory Alloys - Kinetics of Intra- and Inter-Domain Processes -- Effect of Site Disorder on Martensitic Transformation in Ferromagnetic Ni55Fe20Al25 Alloy as Inferred from Magnetic and Magneto-Transport Measurements -- III. Magnetic and Structural Characterization -- Acoustic Energy Absorption in Ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-Ga Shape Memory Alloy Polymer Composites -- Co-Ni-Ga Alloys with Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Martensite Phase -- Structural Characterization of Co70-xNixGa30 Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys -- Structural Studies on Mn Excess and Ga Deficient Ni-Mn-Ga -- Mapping of Magnetic Domains by MFM in Ni2MnGa -- Transformation Behavior of Ni-Mn-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy -- Effect of Stress Relaxation on Quenched NiFeAl Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy -- Lattice Thermal Expansion of the Shape Memory Alloys Cu-Al-Ni, Cu-Al-Zn, Cu-Al-Be and Cu-Al-Pd -- IV. Microscopic Studies of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys.

Magnetic Compton Scattering Study of Shape Memory Alloys -- Hybridization Effects in Ni-Mn Based Shape Memory Alloys: XAFS Study -- Electronic and Structural Properties of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys Studied by Density Functional Theory -- Signature of Austenitic to Martensitic Phase Transition in Ni2MnGa in Mn and Ni K-Edge XANES Spectra -- A Charge Compton Profile Study of Ni2MnGa: Theory and Experiment -- V. Effects of External Fields -- Effect of External Fields on the Martensitic Transformation in Ni-Mn Based Heusler Alloys -- Effect of Magnetic Field on Martensite to Intermediate Phase Transformation in Ni2MnGa -- VI. Coupled Effects: Magnetoresistance and Magnetocaloric Effects -- Magneto-Transport and Magnetic Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga -- Magnetic Investigations on Ni-Mn-Sn Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy -- Magnetocaloric and Shape-Memory Properties in Magnetic Heusler Alloys -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys, Held at S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, November 14-16, 2007.

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