“…[16] Much research work has been done on the substitution of Mg, Al, Ga, Si and almost all the 3d transition metals for Fe in Terfenol-D, in an effort to further improve its magnetic and magnetostrictive properties. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] However, few of the substitutions essentially improve the desired properties; conversely, most of them decrease the magnetostriction of Terfenol-D at RT. Indeed, the superexcellent magnetostriction properties of the Terfenol-D are difficult to surpass, but a further reason might be that, in Terfenol-D, the anisotropy is minimized by modulating the Tb/Dy ratio, and a substitution for Fe induces an increase of anisotropy.…”