Auge, Alexander: The magnetic shape memory alloy Ni-Mn-Sn in thin films. 2012
Content
- Publications
- Conferences
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fundamental Basics of Martensitic Transformations
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Phase Compatibility
- 2.3 Martensitic Transformation in real crystals and thin films
- 2.4 Summary
- 3 Analytical and preparation tools
- 3.1 Thin film deposition
- 3.2 X-Ray Diffraction and Reflectometry
- 3.3 Chemical composition analysis by X-Ray Fluorescence
- 3.4 Electric transport measurements
- 3.5 Magnetic Measurements
- 4 Phase Field Simulations
- 4.1 Phase field model
- 4.2 Implementation
- 4.3 Simulations of thin films - Geometry, approximations and solution
- 4.4 Summary and Discussion
- 5 Ni-Mn-Sn in thin films
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Structure in the austenite phase: thin film quality
- 5.3 Martensitic structure
- 5.4 Magnetism
- 5.5 Electrical transport
- 5.6 Analysis of the martensitic transformation
- 5.7 Origins of the transformation behavior
- 5.8 Magnetoresistance
- 6 Summary and Conclusions
- 7 Outlook
- Bibliography
- 8 Danksagung