A room temperature exchange bias effect caused by the coexisting martensitic phase structures in Ni50Mn38Sb12−xGax polycrystalline Heusler alloys

The exchange bias effect is the physical cornerstone of applications, such as spin valves, ultra-high-density data storage, and magnetic tunnel junctions. This work studied the room temperature exchange bias effect by constructing a Ni50Mn38Sb12−xGax alloy system with coexisting martensitic phase st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2023-12, Vol.123 (23)
Hauptverfasser: Tian, Fanghua, Chang, Tieyan, Zhao, Qizhong, Guo, Jiale, Xian, Long, Cao, Kaiyan, Dai, Zhiyong, Zhang, Yin, Zhou, Chao, Yang, Sen
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Zusammenfassung:The exchange bias effect is the physical cornerstone of applications, such as spin valves, ultra-high-density data storage, and magnetic tunnel junctions. This work studied the room temperature exchange bias effect by constructing a Ni50Mn38Sb12−xGax alloy system with coexisting martensitic phase structures. The study found that the exchange bias effect shows a non-monotonic change with the variation of Ga composition at 300 K, and an obvious room temperature exchange bias effect appears in the alloys with coexisting phase structures of 4O and L10, which is due to the strong exchange coupling between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic. Further research on the exchange bias effect and temperature shows that the blocking temperature is 420 K, and the exchange bias can stably exist in a temperature range of ∼200 K around room temperature. This work provides a method to engineer exchange bias effects at room temperature.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/5.0178839