**Preface to "Recent Development in Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys"**

Heusler type magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMAs) have gained a strong academic and practical importance during recent decades due to the giant effects they exhibit, particularly magnetostrain produced by the magnetic field-induced twin boundaries motion and magneto(elasto)-caloric effects resulting from the magnetic field-induced martensitic transformation. The aim of this Special Issue is to address recent advances in improving the understanding of material–process–structure–property relationships in these materials. The Special Issue contains 11 articles—1 review and 10 research papers—written by well-known experts in the MSMA field representing scientific institutions from 8 countries. The Special Issue should be useful for researchers and engineers dealing with smart multifunctional materials.

> **Volodymyr Chernenko** *Editor*
