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Superparamagnetic and spin glass characteristics with Griffiths phase in Ni50Mn30−xFexSn20−ySby (1 ≤ x ≤ 4 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 8) Heusler alloys

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Multiphase magnetism including Griffiths phase, superparamagnetism and spin glass state has been revealed in Ni50Mn30−xFexSn20−ySby (1 ≤ x ≤ 4 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 8) Heusler alloys from magnetization and AC magnetic susceptibility studies. Composition sensitive transition temperatures are observed in terms of differential scanning calorimetric studies. An alloy with specific x = 2.0 and y = 4, martensite transition occurs near room temperature 298 K. In this alloy, martensite plates of average thickness ~ 0.3 μm are found in the field emission scanning electron microscope images. The Griffiths phase (GP) forms at x = 1,2 and y = 2,4 near temperatures 340 K and 374 K above the Curie point of austenite \(T_{C}^{A}\) ~ 233 and 312 K, respectively, at magnetic field H = 0.05 T. The GP disappears at a large H = 1 T. During martensite ← austenite transition, the alloys undergo sequential spin glass ← superparamagnetic ← paramagnetic ← ferromagnetic (FM) transitions.

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Multiphase magnetism including Griffiths phase, superparamagnetism and spin glass state has been revealed in Ni50Mn30−xFexSn20−ySby (1 ≤ x ≤ 4 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 8) Heusler alloys from magnetization and AC magnetic susceptibility studies. Composition sensitive transition temperatures are observed in terms of differential scanning calorimetric studies. An alloy with specific x = 2.0 and y = 4, martensite transition occurs near room temperature 298 K. In this alloy, martensite plates of average thickness ~ 0.3 μm are found in the field emission scanning electron microscope images. The Griffiths phase (GP) forms at x = 1,2 and y = 2,4 near temperatures 340 K and 374 K above the Curie point of austenite \(T_{C}^{A}\) ~ 233 and 312 K, respectively, at magnetic field H = 0.05 T. The GP disappears at a large H = 1 T. During martensite ← austenite transition, the alloys undergo sequential spin glass ← superparamagnetic ← paramagnetic ← ferromagnetic (FM) transitions.

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Prasanna, A.A., Sachin, S. & Ningappa, C. Superparamagnetic and spin glass characteristics with Griffiths phase in Ni50Mn30−xFexSn20−ySby (1 ≤ x ≤ 4 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 8) Heusler alloys. Journal of Materials Research 38, 3741–3749 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01096-5

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