Small-angle neutron scattering study of magnetic ordering and inhomogeneity across the martensitic phase transformation in Ni 50-xCo xMn 40Sn 10 alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Bhatti, Kanwal Preet ^a   El Khatib, S ^b,c   Srivastava, Vijay ^a   James, R D ^a   Leighton, C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84860460490     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.134450     Document Type: Article

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