• Correlation between crystallographic and microstructural features and low hysteresis behavior in Ni50.0Mn35.25In14.75 melt-spun ribbons 

      Yan, Haile; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Zhang, Yudong; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Li, Zongbin; Yang, Bo; Esling, Claude; Zhao, Xiang; Zuo, Liang (Elsevier, 2018)
      "In this work, crystallographic, microstructural and magnetocaloric investigations were performed on textured Ni50Mn35.25In14.75 melt-spun ribbons with low thermal (6?K) and magnetic-field induced hysteresis (?0.73?J?kg?1 ...
    • Giant magnetocaloric effect in melt-spun Ni-Mn-Ga ribbons with magneto-multistructural transformation 

      Li, Zongbin; Zhang, Yudong; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Esling, Claude; Zhao, Xiang; Zuo, Liang (2014-01)
      "Magnetic refrigeration based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) may provide an energy-efficient and environment-friendly alternative to the conventional gas compression/expansion cooling technology. For potential applications, ...
    • Microstructure and magnetocaloric effect of melt-spun Ni52Mn26Ga22 ribbon 

      Li, Zongbin; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Zhang, Yudong; Esling, Claude; Zhao, Xiang; Zuo, Liang (2012-04)
      "Microstructural features and magnetocaloric properties of Ni52Mn26Ga22 melt-spun ribbons were studied. Results show that there are four types of differently oriented variants of seven-layered modulated (7M) martensite at ...
    • Phase transformation and magnetocaloric effect of Co-doped Mn–Ni–In melt-spun ribbons 

      Yang, Yiqiao; Li, Zongbin; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Yang, Bo; Zhang, Yudong; Esling, Claude; Zhao, Xiang; Zuo, Liang (American Institute of Physics, 2020)
      "Ribbon-shaped magnetocaloric materials are favorable to achieve high heat-transfer efficiencies due to their large specific surface area. In this work, Mn50Ni41−xIn9Cox (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) ribbons were prepared using a melt-spinning ...
    • Phase transition and magnetocaloric properties of Mn50Ni42−xCoxSn8 (0 ≤ x ≤ 10) melt-spun ribbons 

      Li, Zongbin; Jiang, Yiwen; Li, Zhenzhuang; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Yang, Bo; Zhang, Yudong; Esling, Claude; Zhao, Xiang; Zuo, Liang (International Union of Crystallography, 2018)
      "The characteristics of magnetostructural coupling play a crucial role in the magnetic field-driven behaviour of magnetofunctional alloys. The availability of magnetostructural coupling over a broad temperature range is ...
    • Transformation process dependent magnetocaloric properties of annealed Ni50Mn18Cu7Ga25 ribbons 

      Zou, Naifu; Li, Zongbin; Zhang, Yudong; Sánchez Valdés, Cesar Fidel; Sánchez Llamazares, José Luis; Esling, Claude; Yang, Bo; Zhao, Xingke; Zuo, Liang (Elsevier, 2017)
      "The properties related to magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of annealed Ni50Mn18Cu7Ga25 ribbons were studied in connection with their microstructural features and magnetostructural transformations. The differences in magnetic ...