The next month of April  BCMaterials and ZTF-FCT (UPV-EHU) will present  Professor Hariharan Srikanth and Dr. G.V.

  Acta Materialia 66 (2014) 79–85 An unusual anhysteretic stress–strain behavior characterized by an enormous (∼14%) nonlinear anhysteretic deformation was found in a single-crystalline Ni–Fe(Co)–Ga shape memory alloy. A theoretical analysis showed that,above the critical temperature, a very small residual hysteresis (∼1 MPa) may be caused by the reco

BCMaterials Seminars are devoted to the discussion of the theses, research papers, articles ... mainly BCMaterials members, but is also open to other guests. The fundamental aim of these seminars is to further the objectives set in the Research Programme and monitor and support the progress of the different PhD theses and research are in the process.

Professor Sadamichi Maekawa was invested Doctor Honoris Causa on Wednesday by the University of Zaragoza.

For the first time, the Commission has indicated funding priorities over two years, providing researchers and businesses with more certainty than ever before on the direction of EU research policy. Most calls from the 2014 budget are already open for submissions as of today, with more to follow over the course of the year.

El próximo viernes 29 de Noviembre tendrá lugar la XI Reunión Anual del Club Español de Magnetismo en las instalaciones de BCMaterials.

A single crystal of pure nickel has been successfully grown in the new Floating Zone furnace recently installed in BCMaterials. The furnace is a compact, self-contained unit, with all the controls located on the front of the machine. It can grow single crystal bars of 6 mm in diameter and 10 cm in length. The maximum attainable temperature is 2200ºC.

Tomorrow Friday 6th  BCMaterials and ZTF-FCT (UPV-EHU) present a Professor Hideki Hosoda Talk: "Development of NiMnGa/Polymer Composite Materials" Seminario del Departamento de Electricidad y Electrónica   12:00 p.m.

Next Thursday 18th BCMaterials and ZTF-FCT (UPV-EHU) present a Sergey Kustov Talk: “ Microeddy Bordoni-type relaxation controls spin glass transitions!?" Seminario del Departamento de Electricidad y Electrónica   12:00 p.m. Acoustic techniques have not so far been used to study magnetic domain wall freezing effect typical for re-entrant spin glass transitions.