Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-04-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
28 pages, 10 figures, This paper is accepted to be published in Journal of Applied Physics
Scientific paper
The structural, magnetic, transport, thermal and magnetothermal properties of quaternary Heusler alloys Ni50Mn38-xFexSb12 have been studied. Powder x-ray diffraction and temperature dependence of magnetization studies reveal that with addition of Fe in Mn site, the martensitic transition shifts to lower temperatures. It is also found that the martensitic transition becomes broader for the higher Fe concentrations. The metamagnetic transition in M(H) isotherms becomes very prominent in x=2 and vanishes for x=3 and 4. A maximum positive magnetic entropy change of 14.2 J/kg K is observed for x=2 at 288 K for 50 kOe. Resistivity shows an abrupt decrease across the martensitic transition in all the alloys, except x=6, which does not have the martensitic transition. Maximum negative magnetoresistance of 21% has been obtained for x=2 at 50 kOe. The same alloy also shows an exchange bias field of 288 Oe.
Nayak Ajaya K.
Nigam A. K.
Sahoo Roshnee
Suresh K. G.
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