Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-17-2024
Abstract
The phase transitions in MnNiGe compounds were explored by manipulating the heat treatment conditions and through hydrostatic pressure application. As the quenching temperature increased, both the first-order martensitic structural transition temperatures and magnetic transition temperatures decreased relative to those in the slowly-cooled samples. When the samples were quenched from 1200 °C, the first-order martensitic structural transition temperature lowered by more than 200 K. The structural transitions also shifted to lower temperature with the application of hydrostatic pressure during measurement. Temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction results reveal that the changes of the cell parameters resulting from the structural transitions are nearly identical for all samples regardless of the extensive variation in their structural transition temperatures. In addition, neutron scattering measurements confirm the magnetic structure transition between simple and cycloidal spiral magnetic structures.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Recommended Citation
Chen, J., Chhetri, T., Grant, A., Bai, X., Zhang, Q., Chang, C., Young, D., Dubenko, I., Talapatra, S., Ali, N., & Stadler, S. (2024). Controlling phase transitions in MnNiGe using thermal quenching and hydrostatic pressure. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 57 (20) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad297f