This work on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys contains selected peer-reviewed papers. Such materials belong to the most exciting and fastest-growing group of martensitic multifunctional materials. The selected papers cover the following topics of: Basic phenomena and theory; Structure and magnetic properties; Magnetomechanics and magnetocaloric effect; Thin films and composites; Modeling and simulations and Processing and engineering.
This volume will be useful to anyone who is already working with novel advanced materials, as well as to those seeking an accessible introduction to the relatively new field of FSMAs.
The alloys put on outstanding performances as sensors and actuators, and so are of enormous interest to scientists and engineers interested in smart materials. Of the nearly 100 papers, 28 were selected and peer-reviewed for publication here. Paralleling conference sessions, they are presented in sections on basic phenomena and theory, structure and magnetic properties, magnetomechanics and magnetocaloric effect, thin films and composites, modeling and simulations, and processing and engineering. Among the topics are the symmetry-conforming theory of Martensite aging, magnetic metamagnetic shape memory alloys based on nickel and manganese, recent developments in nickel-manganese-gallium foam research, the fabrication and magnetic properties of cobalt-nickel-aluminum ferromagnetic shape memory alloy thin films, the thermodynamic modeling of actuators, and nano-positioning.