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Structural characterization of NiMnX (Sn, In) thin film alloys

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dc.contributor Graduate Program in Physics.
dc.contributor.advisor Skarlatos, Yani.
dc.contributor.author Güvenç, Sema.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T10:38:26Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T10:38:26Z
dc.date.issued 2014.
dc.identifier.other PHYS 2014 G88
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/13740
dc.description.abstract Ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-X (Sn, In) alloys are predicted as potential candidates for energy e cient Magnetocaloric E ect (MCE) technologies. The MCE is the basis of magnetic refrigeration and it is expected to leads to a groundbreaking progress on conventional refrigeration methods. In our research, NiMnX (Sn, In) thin lm alloys were for rst time fabricated by co-sputter deposition method. The Mn losses due to the high Mn vapor pressure produce a deviation from the desired Ni50Mn37Sn13 (Sn, In) composition, which are partially compensated by increasing power of the Mn target gun. A systematic study of thin lm co-sputter fabrication was divided into three stages; (i) a NiMnX (Sn, In) target was evaporated at di erent temperatures in order to study the grain size temperature dependence, (ii) the nominal chemical composition (Ni50Mn37Sn13) was reach by controlling the power value applied to the Mn target, (iii) the dependence of the phase transformation temperature with the grain size of the thin lm alloys was studied. Grain size can be controlled by modifying the substrate temperature (Ts). The crystal structure is highly dependent on composition and 10-14M monoclinic crystal structure can be only found for when the Sn and In values range from 10 to 13 %. Austenite-martensite transformation, and therefore magnetocaloric e ect, can only be founded for this compositional range. Our results con rm that nominal composition, Ni50Mn37Sn13, can be reached in thin lms for given co-sputter parameter. As expected NiMnSn alloys in the shape of thin lms only exhibit austenite-martensite transformations in a narrow compositional range. Further studies are required to con rm the potentiality of this material as a potential candidate for magnetic cooling technology.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014.
dc.subject.lcsh Ferromagnetic materials.
dc.subject.lcsh Thin films.
dc.subject.lcsh Magnetoresistance.
dc.subject.lcsh Magnetic materials.
dc.title Structural characterization of NiMnX (Sn, In) thin film alloys
dc.format.pages xix, 108 leaves ;


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