Small-angle neutron scattering study of magnetic ordering and inhomogeneity across the martensitic phase transformation in Ni50−xCoxMn40Sn10 alloys

Kanwal Preet Bhatti,1 S. El-Khatib,2,3 Vijay Srivastava,4 R. D. James,4 and C. Leighton1,* 1Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA 2Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 3NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 4Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA (Received 25 February 2012; published 27 April 2012)