Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys II

This work on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys contains selected peer-reviewed papers. Such materials belong to the most exciting and fastest-growing group of martensitic multifunctional materials. The selected papers cover the following topics of: Basic phenomena and theory; Structure and magnetic properties; Magnetomechanics and magnetocaloric effect; Thin films and composites; Modeling and simulations and Processing and engineering. This volume will be useful to anyone who is already working with novel advanced materials, as well as to those seeking an accessible introduction to the relatively new field of FSMAs.