Effect of thermal cycle on the interfacial antiferromagnetic spin configuration and exchange bias in Ni-Mn-Sb alloy

R. L. Wang; M. K. Lee; L. S. Xu; Z. G. Sun; V. V. Marchenkov; C. Tien; J. C. A. Huang; C. P. Yang

doi:10.1063/1.4755948

journal article·2012-09-01Open access

Effect of thermal cycle on the interfacial antiferromagnetic spin configuration and exchange bias in Ni-Mn-Sb alloy

R. L. Wang, M. K. Lee, L. S. Xu, Z. G. Sun, V. V. Marchenkov, C. Tien, J. C. A. Huang, C. P. Yang

AIP Advances· Volume 2· Issue 3

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Abstract

Effect of thermal cycle on the interfacial antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin configuration and exchange bias in Ni50Mn36Sb14 alloy has been investigated. The results indicate thermal cycle can induce further martensitic transition from part of arrested FM phase to AFM phase, leading to the reconstruction of interfacial antiferromagnetic spin configuration. The shape of hysteresis loops at 5 K after cooling back can be tuned from a single-shifted loop to a nearly symmetric double-shifted loop gradually accompanied with exchange bias field increasing to peak value and then decreasing. The evolutions can be illustrated intuitively by a simple AFM bidomain model.

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Metals & alloys

OpenAlex topics: Shape Memory Alloy Transformations · Magnetic Properties and Applications · Magnetic properties of thin films

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Affiliations

Hubei University 1 Faculty of Physics & Electronic Technology, , Wuhan, 430062, People's Republic of China

National Cheng Kung University 2 Department of Physics, Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, , Tainan 701, Taiwan

Wuhan University of Technology 3 State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, , Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China

Institute of Metal Physics 4 , Ekaterinburg, 620041, Russia

Funding

National Science Council Taiwan · Russian Foundation for Basic Research · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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