Manuscript preprint on magnetic coercivity control in Ni-Mn-Ga(-B) magnetic shape memory alloy has been published.

Enlarged magnetic coercivity is key to novel functionalities of the material. In the manuscript, we discuss the way how the enlargement can be achieved using thermal treatment.

You can find and download manuscript preprint here:

http://ssrn.com/abstract=3313237

 

MFM observations for different heat treatments.
How to control magnetic coercivity in Ni-Mn-Ga?