Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 659145, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/659145
Research Article
Thermal Arrest Memory Effect in Ni-Mn-Ga Alloys
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Received 22 May 2008; Accepted 21 October 2008
Academic Editor: Paul Munroe
Copyright © 2008 A. Rudajevova. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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