Strain-induced dimensionality crossover and associated pseudoelasticity in the premartensitic phase of Ni2MnGa

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The in situ high-energy x-ray diffraction was used for revealing an atomic mechanism on the two-step pseudoelastic behavior found in the premartensitic phase of Ni 2 MnGa magnetic shape memoryalloy. The applied stress first suppresses the three-dimensional modulated structure of the premartensitic phase to a two-dimensional modulated one, which is accompanied by a change in the modulation wave vector and accommodates a large lattice strain reaching ∼ 1 % . With further increasing stress, the two-dimensional modulated premartensite transforms to the five-layered modulated martensite. The observation of the stress-induced dimensionality crossover of atomic modulation has broad impacts in understanding not only the mechanical properties of advanced shape memoryalloys but also the physical properties of condensed matter with heterogeneous structures.

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