Abstract
The temperature dependences of the lattice parameters and residual stress have been measured for a fine-grained Ni52.2Mn26.8Ga 21.0 (at. %) thin film fabricated by sputter deposition onto a heated silicon wafer with SiNx buffer layer. The transformation volume strain in the film was found to be a lattice expansion during the forward martensitic transformation which is opposite to a volume contraction exhibited by bulk Ni-Mn-Ga alloys. This unusual effect can be explained by the substrate-induced residual stresses in the film and the difference in the elastic modulus of austenite and martensite.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 241912 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 12 Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- elastic moduli
- gallium alloys
- internal stresses
- lattice constants
- manganese alloys
- martensitic transformations
EGS Disciplines
- Materials Science and Engineering
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