Vanadium sacrificial layers as a novel approach for the fabrication of freestanding Heusler Shape Memory Alloys

Lars Helmich, Niclas Teichert, Walid Hetaba +4

In this study we report a method for the preparation of freestanding magnetocaloric thin films. Non-stoichiometric Heusler alloys Ni-Mn-Sn, Ni-Co-Mn-Sn and Ni-Co-Mn-Al are prepared…