A Simple Spin Glass Perspective on Martensitic Shape-memory Alloys

TL;DR

This paper draws an analogy between phases of martensitic shape-memory alloys and phases in spin glass alloys, providing a qualitative mapping to enhance understanding of their behaviors.

Contribution

It introduces a simple spin glass perspective to interpret the phases of martensitic shape-memory alloys, offering a novel conceptual framework.

Findings

Mapping of austenite to paramagnetic phase

Mapping of tweed to spin glass phase

Mapping of twinned martensite to periodic phase

Abstract

A brief qualitative mapping is given between austenite, tweed and twinned phases of martensite alloys and corresponding paramagnetic, spin glass and periodic phases in spin glass alloys.