The effects of temperature on the lattice barrier for twin wall motion

Noam Zreihan, Eilon Faran, Doron Shilo

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Abstract

The sideways motion of twin walls in ferroic materials requires overcoming an intrinsic energy barrier that originates from the periodicity of the crystal structure. Here, we measure the temperature dependence of the lattice barrier in a ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-Ga crystal using the pulsed magnetic field method. Our results reveal a monotonic decrease in the lattice barrier with increasing temperature. Yet, the barrier does not vanish as the temperature approaches the temperature of the martensite to austenite transformation. These findings enable the formulation of an analytical expression that correlates the lattice barrier to the physical properties of the twin wall, such as its thickness and the associated transformation strain. The derived relation provides a good quantitative description of the data measured in Ni-Mn-Ga.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041605
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume107
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jul 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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