The relationship between the asymmetric magnetoresistive effect and the magnetocaloric effect in Ni43Co7Mn39-xCrxSn11 Heusler alloys

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2019 Apr 21;21(15):8092-8098. doi: 10.1039/c9cp00145j. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Abstract

The correlation between the magnetocaloric effect and magnetotransport property was investigated in Ni43Co7Mn39-xCrxSn11 Heusler alloys. The asymmetric isothermal-magnetoresistance around the phase transformation temperature was observed, from which a parameter γ, determined as the ratio of the asymmetric magnetoresistance to the temperature coefficient of resistance, is proposed. According to Maxwell's equation, the parameter γ is analyzed to be equivalent to the transformation temperature change induced by a magnetic field in martensitic transformation. This finding is confirmed by experimental results. In addition, the γ values can be used to estimate the magnetic entropy change of the martensitic transformation directly without measuring the comprehensive temperature dependence of magnetization curves.