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Magnetic and transport properties of Ni–Mn–In Heusler alloy films: the effect of structural disorder

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We report the structural disorder effect on magnetic and electric transport properties of \(\hbox {Ni}_{50}\hbox {Mn}_{35}\hbox {In}_{15}\) Heusler alloy (HA) films. Two sets of samples were investigated: disordered (partially amorphous) and ordered (crystalline with \(\hbox {L2}_{1}\) structure) samples. Electric transport measurements vs. temperature shows that the process of structural ordering is accomplished with a two-stage drop in resistivity at 570 and 630 K which are ascribed to crystallization and \(\hbox {L2}_{1}\)-type structural ordering, respectively. Ordered films show a metallic and magnetization behavior typical for \(\hbox {Ni}_{50}\hbox {Mn}_{35}\hbox {In}_{15}\) HA. By contrast, disordered films show ten times lower saturation magnetization with comparable effective magnetization determined from ferromagnetic resonance. We explain this difference as the unusual effect of the inhomogeneous microstructure of the disordered films consisting of Ni clusters embedded in a nonmagnetic matrix.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by project No. 17/21-H of the National program Perspective fundamental researches and innovation developments of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for industry, health and agriculture. The assistance of A. E. Perekos in XRD measurements is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 36 Academician Vernadsky Boulevard, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine

    Y. V. Kudryavtsev

  2. Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 13 Generala Naumova Str., Kyiv, 03164, Ukraine

    A. K. Melnik

  3. Faculty of Physics, A. Mickewicz University, 61-614, Poznan, Poland

    I. Gościańska

  4. Institute of Molecular Physics, PAS, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179, Poznan, Poland

    J. Dubowik

  5. Institute of Magnetism, N.A.S. and M.E.S. of Ukraine, 36b Academician Vernadsky Boulevard, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine

    A. F. Kravets

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Kudryavtsev, Y.V., Melnik, A.K., Gościańska, I. et al. Magnetic and transport properties of Ni–Mn–In Heusler alloy films: the effect of structural disorder. Eur. Phys. J. B 94, 92 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-021-00103-0

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