Title
Asymmetric magnetoresistance in bulk In-based off-stoichiometric Heusler alloys
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
It has been found that Ni50Mn35In14B exhibits with increasing temperature a first-order magnetostructural phase transition from a low-magnetization martensitic phase to a high-temperature ferromagnetic austenitic phase at TM~315 K as observed from magnetization M(T) curves with H=0.05 T. A shift in TM of about 12 K towards lower temperatures has been detected under application of a 5T magnetic field. An asymmetric magnetoresistance (spin-valve-like behavior) has been observed in the vicinity of TM at 304 K after the initial application of magnetic field that could be related to the kinetic arrest and de-arrest of a fractional austenite phase in the vicinity of phase co-existence. A possible origin of a spin-valve-like MR in Ni50Mn35In14B, and its relation to structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties, has been discussed. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics
First Page
1000
Last Page
1003
Recommended Citation
Dubenko, I., Samanta, T., Quetz, A., Saleheen, A., Prudnikov, V., Granovsky, A., Stadler, S., & Ali, N. (2014). Asymmetric magnetoresistance in bulk In-based off-stoichiometric Heusler alloys. Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 11 (5-6), 1000-1003. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201300662