Stray‐Field‐Induced Actuation of Free‐Standing Magnetic Shape‐Memory Films

Abstract

Free-standing epitaxial NiMnGa films are used to demonstrate a novel thermal actuation mode. To avoid the high magnetostatic stray-field energy, the easy axis of the martensitic variants is aligned preferentially in-plane. This results in a maximum strain of up to 1.1% without the need for training or an external magnetic field. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.