Lattice dynamics in magnetic superelastic Ni-Mn-In alloys. Neutron scattering and ultrasonic experiments
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Ames Laboratory
- University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- ORNL
Neutron scattering and ultrasonic methods have been used to study the lattice dynamics of two single crystals of Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloys close to Ni50Mn34In16 magnetic superelastic composition. The paper reports the experimental determination of the low-lying phonon dispersion curves and the elastic constants for this alloy system. We found that the frequencies of the TA2 branch are relatively low and it exhibits a small dip anomaly at a wave number n= 1/3, which softens with decreasing temperature. Associated with the softening of this phonon, we also observed the softening of the shear elastic constant C0 = (C11 C12)=2. Both temperature softenings are typical for bcc based solids which undergo martensitic transformations and re ect the dynamical instability of the cubic lattice against shearing of f110g planes along h1 10i directions. Additionally, we measured low-lying phonon dispersion branches and elastic constants in applied magnetic fields aimed to characterize the magnetoelastic coupling.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 968294
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Vol. 79; ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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